WARDEN

The English word 'warden' has developed a range of meanings, and may refer to any of the terms listed below.

Contents

Etymology

Royal officer

Common officer

Education

Place name

Other

Etymology

''warden'' ← ME ''wardein'' ← ONF ← ''warder'' "to guard" ← Germanic; related to OHG '' "to watch". Doublet of guardian.

Royal officer

★ Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports

★ Lord Warden of the Stannaries

★ Lord Warden of the Marches

★ Warden of the Mint

★ Warden of the Royal Forest

★ Used in certain cases for a Regent, i.e. a royal substitute

Common officer

★ A Prison Warden, the administrator of a penal institution;

★ Game warden, the officer empowered to enforce the Game laws of a jurisdiction;

★ National Park Warden, in Canada, a Peace Officer who enforces federal acts, specifically those aimed at protecting National Parks;

★ Air Raid Warden, a volunteer Civil defense officer;

★ A Churchwarden, one of the two senior lay officers of an Anglican or Episcopal Vestry or Parish Council;

★ The head of some Counties in the province of Ontario is given the title of Warden. For example, see Essex County, Ontario.

★ Masonic Warden, one of two senior ruling members of a Masonic Lodge

Education

★ Especially in the United Kingdom, an administrative or supervisory officer of a college, school, or residence.

★ The head of certain Oxford colleges, namely, All Souls, Green, Keble, Merton, New College, Nuffield, St Antony’s, Wadham, and Greyfriars.

★ The head of Robinson College, Cambridge.

★ The head master of St Edward's School, Oxford.

Place name

See: http://www.fallingrain.com/world/a/W/a/r/d/
===Canada===

★ Warden, Alberta

★ Warden, Canton de Shefford, Québec

★ Warden is a street and subway station in Toronto, Ontario
===Germany===

★ , North Rhine-Westphalia
===Netherlands===

★ Warden, Noord-Holland
===South Africa===

★ Warden, Free State Province
===United Kingdom===

★ Warden, Devon

★ Warden, Herefordshire

★ Warden, Kent

★ Warden, Northumberland

★ Warden, Powys

★ Old Warden, Bedfordshire
===United States of America===

★ Warden, Louisiana

★ Warden, Washington

★ Warden, West Virginia

Other

★ Warden is a cheat prevention system used by Blizzard Entertainment to protect their online games.

★ Warden is a character class in Warcraft III

★ Warden is a character class in Dark age of Camelot on the Hibernia side.