典てん獄ごくてんごくMeanings1nounprison wardenobsolete termObsolete term for the head of a prison; replaced in modern Japanese by 刑務所長.See also: 刑務所長明めい治じ時じ代だいの小しょう説せつには、典てん獄ごくという役やく職しょくが登とう場じょうする。The position of prison warden appears in novels from the Meiji era.