Warder vs Attendant - What's the difference?
warder | attendant |
A guard, especially in a prison.
(archaic) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or commander, used to signal commands.
* 1595 , Samuel Daniel, Civil Wars
* William Shakespeare, King Richard II, Act 1, Scene 3
One who attends; one who works with or watches something.
Going with; associated; concomitant.
* Sir Walter Scott
(legal) Depending on, or owing duty or service to.
As nouns the difference between warder and attendant
is that warder is a guard, especially in a prison while attendant is one who attends; one who works with or watches something.As an adjective attendant is
going with; associated; concomitant.warder
English
Noun
(en noun)- When, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind, / Casts down his warder to arrest them there.
- Stay, the king hath thrown his warder down.
Anagrams
* * * *attendant
English
Alternative forms
* attendaunt (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)- Give your keys to the parking attendants and they will park your car for you.
Adjective
(en adjective)- They promoted him to supervisor, with all the attendant responsibilities and privileges.
- The natural melancholy attendant upon his situation added to the gloom of the owner of the mansion.
- the widow attendant to the heir
- (Cowell)