Scottish: metonymic occupational name for someone who was in charge
of the garments worn by a feudal lord and his household, from Norman
French warde(r) ‘to keep or guard’ + robe ‘garment’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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