warder

warder · noun¹

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*wardārī“guard, follower, watchman, lookout”
2. Old English · inherited fromweardere“one who holds a country; inhabitant”
3. Middle English · inherited fromwarder
4. English todaywarder

From Middle English warder, wardere, perhaps in part continuing Old English weardere (“one who holds a country; inhabitant”), from Proto-West Germanic *wardārī (“guard, follower, watchman, lookout”), equivalent to ward + -er. Cognate with Dutch waarder (“inspector”), German Low German Wärder (“guard, watchman”), German Wärter (“guard, keeper, attendant”).

warder · noun²

1. Middle English · inherited fromwarder
2. English todaywarder

From Middle English warder, wardere, also as Middle English warderer, warderere, probably a derivative of Etymology 1 above.

Warder · proper noun³

1. Old English · derived fromweard“guard”
2. English todayWarder

Habitational surname, from the village of Wardour, Wiltshire, named with Old English weard (“guard”) + ōra (“bank, slope”).

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