warder

Meanings

Plural: warders

Noun

a person who works in a prison and is in charge of prisoners
A guard, especially in a prison.
One who or that which wards or repels.
A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English warder, wardere, perhaps in part continuing Old English weardere (“one who holds a country; inhabitant”), from Proto-West Germanic *wardārī (“guard, follower, watchman, lookout”), equivalent to ward + -er. Cognate with Dutch waarder (“inspector”), German Low German Wärder (“guard, watchman”), German Wärter (“guard, keeper, attendant”).

Scrabble Score: 10

warder is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
warder is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
warder is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

warder is a valid Words With Friends word