The official UK, Irish, and Hong Kong term for the person whose job is to enforce local laws on stray and loose dogs — catching strays, investigating complaints about dogs at large, and impounding animals not under proper control. While Americans call this person a dogcatcher (usually with a comic or slightly bureaucratic flavour), dog warden has a more formal, authoritative ring in British usage — these are often local council employees with actual enforcement powers. They're the ones you call when a stray terrier has been living behind the chip shop for a week.
The dog warden was called after a large German Shepherd was seen wandering on the dual carriageway for the third morning in a row.
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(UK, Ireland, Hong Kong) A dogcatcher.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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