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Definition :

Warden, guardian or keeper. The Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports is prohibited from recommending Members of Parliament to those places by 2 W. & M. sess. 1, c. 7. As to wardens of the Society of Apothecaris, see 55 Geo. 3, c. 194; 3 Steph. Com.

A person in charge of something esp. the official in charge of a prison or jail, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1577.