• (n.) One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard. • (n.) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/warder/
Ward'er noun 1. One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard. 'The warders of the gate.' Dryden. 2. A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will. « When, lo! the king suddenly changed his mind, Casts down his warde... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/7