a person charged with the care or custody of persons, animals, or things; keeper. 2. the chief administrative officer in charge of a prison. 3. any of various public officials charged with superintendence, as over a port or wildlife. 4. air-raid warden.
Dictionary entry overview: What does narrow mean? â¢ NARROW (noun) The noun NARROW has 1 sense: 1. a narrow strait connecting two bodies of water Familiarity information: NARROW used as a noun is very rare. â¢ NARROW (adjective) The adjective NARROW has 5 senses: 1. not wide 2. limited in size or scope 3. lacking tolerance or flexibility or breadth of view
Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad the road which leads to ruin, and many there are who enter by it; - Weymouth Bible. Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it. - World English Bible. Entre ye bi the streyt yate; for the yate that ledith to perdicioun is large, and the weie is broode, and there ben many that entren bi it.