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# warden

noun (a warden, wardens)

«warden» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A warden is a person whose job is to look after a place or the people in it, like a park, a hall of residence or a nature reserve. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#m1)
2. A prison governor in the US is called a warden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#m2)
3. A traffic warden (UK) checks cars are parked legally. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#m3)
4. (church) A churchwarden helps run a parish. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#m4)

### In the lessons

Seen in many jobs: park warden, game warden, fire warden at school (the person who checks everyone is out in a drill), traffic warden; in stories, the prison warden.

### Examples

- The park warden told us not to feed the ducks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#x1)
- Our teacher is the fire warden for this floor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#x2)
- The traffic warden gave Dad a parking ticket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#x3)
- The game warden protects the animals from hunters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#x4)
- The prisoners stood in line while the warden walked past. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#x5)
- The hostel warden locks the doors at night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a warden, two wardens. Do not confuse with «warder» (old UK word for a prison guard) or «guardian».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «warden» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«warden» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/warden.html) on Mova free.