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air-raid warden
noun
- a civilian having special duties during an air-raid alert, as directing people to air-raid shelters.
air-raid warden
noun
- a member of a civil defence organization responsible for enforcing regulations, etc, during an air attack
Word History and Origins
Origin of air-raid warden1
Example Sentences
Several characters, such as Benjamin Clementine’s air-raid warden Ife, are based on real figures.
Other smaller specialist groups existed, in which boys learned how to signal in Morse code, operate antiaircraft weaponry, provide first aid and practical field medicine, perform air-raid warden duties, and handle other weapons.
As with the air-raid warden and Dr. Dotson, we ultimately trusted they knew what they were doing.
On another occasion, the director Fred Zinnemann, who lived near Salka, was patrolling the neighborhood as an air-raid warden.
He worked as an industrial designer by day and an air-raid warden and firefighter at night.
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