Warden vs Prisoner - What's the difference?
warden | prisoner |
(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 person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.
Any person held against their will.
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*:Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile?; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
As nouns the difference between warden and prisoner
is that warden is a guard or watchman while prisoner is a person incarcerated in a prison, while on trial or serving a sentence.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.