fish warden

noun

A game warden who protects fish populations.

Meanings

nounfish warden (plural fish wardens)

plural fish wardens

  1. A game warden who protects fish populations.

    Some local fishermen regarded it as a "lake trout" and a controversy arose between them and the fishwardens.

    1911, William Converse Kendall, The Fishes Of New England: The Trout Or Charrs
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