Warden vs Matron - What's the difference?
warden | matron |
(archaic, or, literary) A guard or watchman.
* Sir Walter Scott
A chief administrative officer of a prison
An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air raid warden
A governing official in various institutions
(archaic, slang) A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.
* Beaumont and Fletcher
* Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
A mature woman; a wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.
*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:your wives, your daughters, your matrons , and your maids
*(Thomas Fuller) (1606-1661)
*:grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron ; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,.
A housekeeper; especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution; a head nurse in a hospital.
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As nouns the difference between warden and matron
is that warden is a guard or watchman while matron is a mature woman; a wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners.As a proper noun Warden
is {{surname|lang=en}.warden
English
Noun
(en noun)- He called to the warden on the battlements.
- the warden of a college
- I would have had him roasted like a warden .
- I must have saffron the colour of warden pies.