Warden
Warden , noun
[Old English wardein, Old French wardein, gardein, gardain, French gardien. See Guardian, and Ward guard.]
1.
A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
He called to the warden on the... battlements.
2.
An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.
3.
(Ecclesiastical) A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Ecclesiastical), a churchwarden.
4.
A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting. [Obsolete]
I would have had him roasted like a warden.
Collocations (1)
Warden pie , a pie made of warden pears. [Obsolete] — Shakespeare