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air-raid warden

noun

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


air-raid warden

noun

  1. a member of a civil defence organization responsible for enforcing regulations, etc, during an air attack
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of air-raid warden1

First recorded in 1935–40
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Several characters, such as Benjamin Clementine’s air-raid warden Ife, are based on real figures.

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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.

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As with the air-raid warden and Dr. Dotson, we ultimately trusted they knew what they were doing.

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

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

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