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Awarder vs Warder - What's the difference?

awarder | warder |

As nouns the difference between awarder and warder

is that awarder is one who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge, arbitrator or umpire while warder is a guard, especially in a prison.

awarder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge, arbitrator or umpire.

    • Usage notes

    * Modern usage has tended to extend beyond solely judicial one.

    Synonyms

    * judge

    References

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    warder

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • 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
    • When, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind, / Casts down his warder to arrest them there.
  • * William Shakespeare, King Richard II, Act 1, Scene 3
    • Stay, the king hath thrown his warder down.

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