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game warden

American  

noun

  1. a public official who enforces game laws.


game warden British  

noun

  1. a person who looks after game, as in a game reserve

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ruth: Fictional Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett thriller book series by author C.J.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2025

When a fish and game warden tried to tranquilize the big cat, the officer missed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 26, 2025

Kola Shippentower-Thompson, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in eastern Oregon, hunted with her husband, Tommy Thompson, who is the Umatilla tribal game warden, and her cousin, Dion Denny.

From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023

While riot control may not be in the typical job description of a Minnesota conservation officer, previously known as a game warden, dozens of them trained to control crowds and use less-lethal chemical weapons.

From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2023

“I’ll get the game warden up here, show him the spot the doe was hit, the blood, and when he finds the deer at your place, he’ll believe me.”

From "Shiloh" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

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