air-raid warden

American  

noun

1. a civilian having special duties during an air-raid alert, as directing people to air-raid shelters.

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air-raid warden British  

noun

1. a member of a civil defence organization responsible for enforcing regulations, etc, during an air attack

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Etymology

Origin of air-raid warden

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Several characters, such as Benjamin Clementine’s air-raid warden Ife, are based on real figures.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

As with the air-raid warden and Dr. Dotson, we ultimately trusted they knew what they were doing.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2022

He has uncovered fascinating curios that future biographers will thank him for, including a photograph of Bacon in the unlikely guise of an air-raid warden during the blitz.

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2016

While serving as an air-raid warden with MGM producer Sam Marx, Taylor's father learned that the studio was struggling to find an English girl to play opposite Roddy McDowall in "Lassie Come Home."

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2011

Other smaller specialist groups existed, in which boys learned how to signal in Morse code, operate antiaircraft weaponry, provide first aid and practical field medicine, perform air-raid warden duties, and handle other weapons.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti