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.

Noun

(en noun)

In the Anglican Church, a cleric in charge of a parish and who owns the tithes of it.

* , chapter=10

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector' s face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.}}

In the Roman Catholic Church, a cleric with managerial as well as spiritual responsibility for a church or other institution.

A headmaster in various educational institutions, e.g. a university.