There was only one warden on duty when the riot started.
Source: tatoeba (321200)
Warden
//ˈwɔːdən//
Synonyms for "warden" (101 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (50)
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Translations
51 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- آمِر سِجْن noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- nəzarətçi noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
Bulgarian
2 entries- директор на затвор noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- надзира́тел noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
Burmese
1 entries- ထောင်ပိုင် noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 典獄長 /典狱长 noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- 看守人 noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
Danish
2 entries- fængdelsdirektør noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- fængselsinspektør noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
Dutch
2 entries- gevangenbewaarder noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- opzichter noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
Finnish
1 entries- vankilanjohtaja noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
French
1 entries- directeur de prison noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
German
3 entries- Aufseher noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
- Gefängnisdirektor noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- Gefängnisdirektorin noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
Hungarian
1 entries- felügyelő noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
Irish
2 entries- bardach noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- maor noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
Italian
4 entries- direttore noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- direttrice noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- guardiano noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
- preside noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
Japanese
3 entries- 刑務所長 noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- 所長 noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
- 看守 noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
Macedonian
2 entries- надзорник noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
- управник noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
Māori
2 entries- wātene noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- wātene noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
Norman
1 entries- gardgien noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
Norwegian
1 entries- fengselsdirektør noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
Persian
1 entries- زندانبان noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
Portuguese
2 entries- diretor (de presídio) noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- supervisor noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
Romanian
3 entries- director de închisoare noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- supraveghetoare noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
- supraveghetor noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
Russian
3 entries- надзира́тель noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
- нача́льник тюрьмы́ noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- смотри́тель noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
Spanish
4 entries- alcaide noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- casillero noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- comandante noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
- director noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
Swedish
2 entries- föreståndare noun (a chief administrative officer of a prison)
- vakt noun (an official charged with supervisory duties)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
A prisoner is more obsessed with the idea of escaping than his warden by the idea of watching over him. Thus, a prisoner will always manage to escape.
Source: tatoeba (663050)
It surprises most people to find out that the prison warden is a woman.
Source: tatoeba (764177)
The traffic warden was extremely rude.
Source: tatoeba (1786130)
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