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# warden

«warden» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person whose job is to look after a place or the people…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a warden, wardens)

### meaning for a pupil

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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#m1)

2) A prison governor in the US is called a warden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#m2)

3) A traffic warden (UK) checks cars are parked legally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#m3)

4) (church) A churchwarden helps run a parish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#m4)

### sense 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#x1)
- Our teacher is the fire warden for this floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#x2)
- The traffic warden gave Dad a parking ticket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#x3)
- The game warden protects the animals from hunters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#x4)
- The prisoners stood in line while the warden walked past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/#x5)
- The hostel warden locks the doors at night. [tree →](https://md.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».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «warden» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/warden/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.