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Un «warden» es un custodiador, defensor o guardián. «Warden» se usa usualmente en el sentido de un guardián, como un warden de prisión. También se puede referir a un señor o guardián jefe, como en Guardián de la menta.
«Warden» is etimológicamente idéntico a guardián, ambos términos derivando de el Old French garder que es de origenes alemanes o, wartēn significando mirar o proteger. También se relaciona con el nativo Anglo Saxon.
Los tipos de «warden» incluyen:
- Prison warden, the chief administrative official of a prison
- Warden (college), head of some university colleges in the United Kingdom and Australia
- Warden of the Mint, historical highest-ranking officer of the Royal Mint
- Warden, rank of seniority within a City of London livery company
- Churchwarden, a lay officer in an Anglican or Episcopal church
- Fire warden, a person designated to aid firefighters
- Game warden, an officer who enforces hunting and trapping laws
- Mining warden, presiding officer in a warden's court
- ARP Warden, responsible for enforcing Air Raid Precautions during World War II
- Warden, the chief royal official of a royal forest
- Street warden, an officer aiding police
- Warden, an officer in a Knights of Columbus council
- Warden, a rank of Masonic lodge officer
- County warden, the head of county governments in Ontario and Nova Scotia, Canada
- Resident assistant, referred to as a warden at some institutions
- Park ranger, also called a park warden or forest ranger, a person entrusted with protecting and preserving parklands
- Parking enforcement officer, also called a traffic warden or parking inspector, an officer who issues tickets for parking violations
- Sheltered housing officers, formerly referred to as "wardens"
- Wardens of the Coast
- Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, a ceremonial office of the Confederation of Cinque Ports
- Lord Warden of the Marches, a historical office in Scotland and England
- Lord Warden of the Stannaries, a historical office in Cornwall
- Warden of the Swans, an office in the Royal Household, created in 1993