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1. A person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
    
2. A district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
    
3. Block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care
   "they put her in a 4-bed ward";
   - hospital ward
    
4. A division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
   - cellblock

1. Watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect
   - guard

1. English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
   - Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward
    
2. English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
   - Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
    
3. United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
   - Montgomery Ward, Aaron Montgomery Ward

Sounds like: war, ward

Derived forms: wards, warded, warding

Type of: administrative district, administrative division, author, block, businessman, conservationist, economic expert, economist, eco-warrior, environmentalist, individual, man of affairs, mortal, person, protect, somebody, someone, soul, territorial division, writer

Part of: hospital, infirmary, municipality, prison, prison house

Encyclopedia: Ward, Henry Ward, Hugh Ward, Dave Ward, Delaware Ward, James Harman Ward, John, House Ward, Indiana Ward, James Ward, Aaron Ward, Arkansas Ward Ward, AR Ward, California Ward, Colorado Ward, Artemas Ward, CO Ward, Samuel Ward, Sir Joseph George Ward, SC Ward, SD Ward, Thomas Ward, Tim Ward, South Carolina Ward, South Dakota Ward, Nevada Ward, New Brunswick Ward, Lock and Bowden Ward, Mary Ward, Nick Ward, Ontario Ward, New York Ward, New Zealand