different between warden vs metron

English

Etymology

From Middle English wardein, from Anglo-Norman wardein, Old Northern French wardein, from warder (“to guard”), variant of Old French guarder (“to guard”) (whence modern French garder, also English guard), from Proto-Germanic *ward-; related to Old High German wart?n (“to watch”). Compare guardian, French gardien, from Old French guardian, guardein. Compare also ward and reward. Doublet of guardian.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?w??d?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?w??d?n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d?n

Noun

warden (plural wardens)

1. (archaic or literary) A guard or watchman.
   • 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe, 4th American edition, Philadelphia: Thomas Desilver, 1823, Volume 2, Chapter 4,^[1]

     He called to the wardens on the outside battlements. [The original (UK) editions read warders rather than wardens.]

2. A chief administrative officer of a prison.
   • 1934, Nathanael West, A Cool Million, Chapter 7,^[2]

     The warden of the state prison, Ezekiel Purdy, was a kind man if stern. He invariably made all newcomers a little speech of welcome […]

3. An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air-raid warden
4. A governing official in various institutions

   the warden of a college

5. A variety of pear.
   • c. 1608, Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, Cupid’s Revenge, Act II, Scene 1,^[3]

     Faith I would have had him rosted like a warden in a brown Paper, and no more talk on’t:

   • c. 1610, William Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, Act IV, Scene 3,^[4]

     I must have saffron to colour the warden pies;

   • 1625, Francis Bacon, “Of Gardens” in Essays, London: Hanna Barret, p. 269,^[5]

     In September, come Grapes; Apples; Poppies of all colours; Peaches; Melo-Cotones; Nectarines; Cornelians; Wardens; Quinces.

   • 1903, E. Bartrum, The Book of Pears and Plums, London: John Lane, p. 30,^[6]

     Wardens, a name given to pears which never melt, are long keeping, and used for cooking only. The name comes from the Cistercian Abbey of Warden in Beds. Parkinson’s Warden is now Black Worcester. There are Spanish, White and Red Wardens.

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Translations

Verb

warden (third-person singular simple present wardens, present participle wardening, simple past and past participle wardened)

1. To carry out the duties of a warden.

See also

• Warden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Warden in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

• Andrew, Darwen, Wander, drawne, wander, warned

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (métron). Doublet of meter and metre.

Noun

metron (plural metrons)

1. metre (US: meter), poetic measure
2. (by extension) sphere of influence
3. (physics) A two-dimensional quantum of multidimensional space, a unit of measure in Heim theory.

Quotations

• "People are taught to understand their orbit of influence not their position... As long as every person understands their own metron and stays within their orbit, you have little problems. Everyone keep rank and do what is expected from them..."
  • "The Planetary System" - Household of Faith
• "Grace, favour, and everything we need to be successful in ministry are given to us to accomplish our task when we are within our metron."
  • Ref: CLARK. Advanced Apostolic Studies: Transitioning Every Believer into Apostolic Ministry. Spirit of Life Ministries, 2008. ?ISBN.
• "We, however, will not boast beyond [our metron], but within the limits of the sphere which God appointed us—a sphere which especially includes you. For we are not overextending ourselves (as though our authority did not extend to you), for it was to you that we came with the gospel of Christ."
  • Ref: "The Holy Bible": 2 Corinthians 10:13-14 [1]

Related terms

• metre

References

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Anagrams

• Ermont, Mentor, Merton, Monter, Termon, mentor, meront, montre, termon, tormen

Esperanto

Noun

metron

1. accusative singular of metro

Finnish

Noun

metron

1. Genitive singular form of metro.