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Meanings of prison warder in English

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A person who guards the prisoners in a jail.

Usage of prison warder in English
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The Dáil has strongly condemned the killing of prison warder David Black.
The Irish Times
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Right ahead, in the centre of the village square, stood a prison warder.
A Rogue by Compulsion: An Affair of the Secret Service
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Life behind bars When Mandela arrived, a prison warder sneered: This is the Island.
The South African
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In Act III the drunken prison warder Frosch, an actor, improvises contemporary satirical references.
The Irish Times
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She was looking for unruly strands of hair like a prison warder for escaped prisoners.
Melnitz
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Given to the prison warder by Fernando Briga?
The Descent of Man and Other Stories
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I acted for her in 1974 when she pleaded guilty to plotting with a prison warder to escape.
The Guardian
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She was led out of the courtroom by a female prison warder, whose face was wet with tears.
The suspicions of mr. whicher: a shocking murder and the undoing...
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Anachronistically, a black actress (the formidable rap artist, Queen Latifah) has been cast as the lesbian prison warder.
The Guardian
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The charge against him on the present occasion was attempting to murder or do grievous bodily harm to a prison warder.
The Reminiscences of Sir Henry Hawkins (Baron Brampton)
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I may publish here part of a letter of a prison warder which Mr. Stuart Mason reproduced in his excellent little book on Oscar Wilde.
Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions. Volume 2 (of 2)
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The complaint was laid by Shaun August, the former Pollsmoor prison warder who is now a Democratic Alliance (DA) chief whip and councillor.
The South African
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Why not outsource the police, given that prison warders are already privatised?
The Guardian
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But better still he liked an hour sometimes with the prison warders.
The Red Redmaynes
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Matches between black prisoners and white prison warders were also played.
The South African
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We do not tolerate vulgarity or insults by prison warders.
The South African
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