Definitions
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- noun UK Someone
elected to take care ofhighways in aparish .
Etymologies
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way (“highway, road”) + warden
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Examples
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It happened that Mr. Thorne was waywarden for the district and, not liking the attack, began to excuse his roads.
Barchester Towers 2004
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It happened that Mr. Thorne was waywarden for the district and, not liking the attack, began to excuse his roads.
Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope 1848
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