warder 1
— wardership , n.
/wawr"deuhr/ , n.
1. a person who guards something, as a doorkeeper or caretaker.
2. a soldier or other person set to guard an entrance.
3. Chiefly Brit. an official having charge of prisoners in a jail.
[ 1350-1400; ME warder ( e ) (see WARD, -ER 1 ); cf. AF wardere ]
warder 2
/wawr"deuhr/ , n.
a truncheon or staff of office or authority, used in giving signals.
[ 1400-50; late ME ]