Bridge-ward

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A warden or guard for a bridge. obsolete

    "It is needless to say, that the bridge-ward had usually the better in these questions, since he could at pleasure detain the traveller on the opposite side [of the bridge]"

  2. 2
    The principal ward of a key. obsolete

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"It is needless to say, that the bridge-ward had usually the better in these questions, since he could at pleasure detain the traveller on the opposite side [of the bridge]"

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