warden

name

1. A surname originating as an occupation for a warden.
2. A village and civil parish in south Northumberland, England (OS grid ref NY9166).

noun

Etymology: From Middle English wardon, origin uncertain; perhaps from Anglo-Norman or Anglo-Latin wardo, -ōnis.

1. A variety of pear.

   “Faith I would have had him rosted like a warden in a brown Paper, and no more talk on’t:”

   “I must have saffron to colour the warden pies;”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English wardein, from Anglo-Norman wardein, from warder (“to guard”), variant of Old French guarder (“to guard”) (whence modern French garder, also English guard), from Proto-Germanic *ward-; related to Old High German wartēn (“to watch”). Compare guardian, French gardien, from Old French guardian, guardein. Compare also ward and reward. Doublet of guardian.

1. To carry out the duties of a warden.