Definition of "wardsman" [wards•man]

• A man who keeps ward; a guard. (noun)

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• "Namely, one that isn't "being a wardsman" as he called me, and "telling stories to kids"."
• "Coarse curtains screened portions of the room and, in fact, subdivided it into small apartments, which were rented by those among the confines who were opulent enough to afford the payment of what Trapbois would have called “a fair con-sid-e-ra-tion” for it in the shape of a weekly rent to the wardsman for such an indulgence."
• ""I will give you a certificate as a competent wardsman if ever you want one," she said to Carew as he helped her out of the buggy."