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Protector vs Warden - What's the difference?

protector | warden |

As a noun protector

is someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.

As a proper noun warden is

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protector

English

Alternative forms

* protectour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who protects or guards, by assignment or on their own initiative.
  • A device or mechanism which is designed to protect.
  • One who prevents interference.
  • A state or other subject under international law, exercising a protectorate over another subject in international law.
  • * Jon Huntsman, Jr.
    • I stand before you in the spirit of pure public service — not as a protector of the status quo, but as an agent of change.
  • (UK, historical) One having the care of the kingdom during the king's minority; a regent.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (Roman Catholic) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc.

    • Synonyms

    * guard * sentry

    Related terms

    * protect * protection * protectoral * protectorate * protectress * protectorship * protectory * protectrice * Lord Protector (also shortened to protector)

    warden

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaic, or, literary) A guard or watchman.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • He called to the warden on the battlements.
  • 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
    • the warden of a college
  • (archaic, slang) A variety of pear, thought to be Black Worcester or Parkinson's Warden.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • I would have had him roasted like a warden .
  • * Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale
    • I must have saffron the colour of warden pies.

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