air-raid warden

American  

noun

1. a civilian having special duties during an air-raid alert, as directing people to air-raid shelters.

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air-raid warden British  

noun

1. a member of a civil defence organization responsible for enforcing regulations, etc, during an air attack

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Etymology

Origin of air-raid warden

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Several characters, such as Benjamin Clementine’s air-raid warden Ife, are based on real figures.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2024

On another occasion, the director Fred Zinnemann, who lived near Salka, was patrolling the neighborhood as an air-raid warden.

From Washington Post • Jan. 22, 2020

He worked as an industrial designer by day and an air-raid warden and firefighter at night.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2019

He has uncovered fascinating curios that future biographers will thank him for, including a photograph of Bacon in the unlikely guise of an air-raid warden during the blitz.

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2016

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.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti