Subwarden

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A subordinate warden, a lower-ranking warden.

    "The districts in turn were divided into subdistricts under subwardens."

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"The districts in turn were divided into subdistricts under subwardens."

Etymology

From sub- + warden, in some cases as a calque of Latin subcustōs.

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