as in warden
a person or group that watches over someone or something as warder of the velvet rope, he decides who gets into the fashionable nightclub and who doesn't

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Recent Examples of warder Singh hails the series’ secondary and tertiary cast, who played warders and prisoners. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Jan. 2025 Turns out the dude isn't foe, but friend… the warder of a Yellow Ajah named Ryma, who wants to protect them. Alex Raiman, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2023 The dialog between Alanna's blonde warder Maksim (Taylor Napier) and Lan is annoyingly ambiguous. Andrew Cunningham & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 8 Sep. 2023 The review spanned 10 facilities and consulted with prison warders, corrections officers, public defenders and experts. Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023 While in the camp, Nynaeve, who’s shown some talent at channeling herself, becomes closer to Lan, Moiraine’s warder. Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2021 At camp, Lan catches up with a few of his burly colleagues, including Kerene's warder, the ax-wielding Stepin (Peter Franzén). Randall Colburn, EW.com, 26 Nov. 2021 Piranesi isn’t the narrator’s real name; that’s only what his warder, known as the Other, calls him. Jason Kehe, Wired, 21 Sep. 2020 One of the best, most solitary views in the park is from the High Rocks, where an old warder’s cabin sits beside a gray bluff that once supported a fire tower. Neil Norman, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for warder
Noun
  • The Colorado Department of Corrections placed four leaders — including the wardens overseeing three state prisons — on administrative leave on the same day earlier this month, an agency official confirmed this week.
    Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 19 Mar. 2025
  • But the state has delayed those transfers until at least March 31, said Ray Sanchez, an assistant deputy warden.
    Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
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  • Multiple victims were also minors, and at least two were smuggled into the U.S. unaccompanied by a relative or legal guardian, according to the Justice Department.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom, also stands on the rooftop’s edge, surveying the city like a watchful guardian.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 11 Apr. 2025
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  • In recent months, budget adjustments have been made to correctly calculate the salaries of classified employees, who are the district’s support staff such as custodians, cafeteria workers and librarians, Long said.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The demonstration came to a head in late April as protesters took Hamilton Hall, damaging property and trapping custodians inside.
    Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Kings finalized a deal with free agent guard Terence Davis on Wednesday, bringing back a member of the original Beam Team.
    Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Atlanta was led by Onyeka Okongwu (30 points, 14 rebounds) and All-NBA guard Trae Young (28 points).
    Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Callender was back in his usual role as Inter Miami’s starting keeper on Sunday night against Toronto FC at Chase Stadium.
    Andre Fernandez, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Wyatt Kaiser is 22 and looks like a keeper.
    Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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  • The sentinels are currently being tested at Deep’s facility in Gloucestershire near Wales.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2025
  • In emerging outbreaks or bioterror events, animal illnesses have the potential to act as sentinels—the first to show signs of a disease—as well as be informative for understanding the geographic scope and severity of an event, Murphy explained.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2025

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“Warder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/warder. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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