Warden

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden.

(2): ( n.) A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting.

(3): ( n.) A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.

(4): ( n.) An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

a keeper, a guardian; a term sometimes applied to the head of a college, and sometimes to the superior of the chapters in conventual churches.