warden
noun
a person charged with the care or custody of persons, animals, or things; keeper.
subwarden
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a word derived from
warden.
Example Sentences
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When Ramsey was subwarden of Lincoln Theological College, recalls Canon Herbert Waddams of Canterbury Cathedral, he had occasion to receive a young man seeking admission to the seminary.
From Time Magazine Archive
A very humorous account of this event was published some years ago by Dr. Buckler, subwarden, from a manuscript of Thomas Walsingham, the historian, and monk of St. Alban's.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 345, December 6, 1828 by Various
