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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"; "they put her in a 4-bed hospital 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. United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
   - Montgomery Ward, Aaron Montgomery Ward
    
2. English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
   - Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
    
3. English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
   - Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward

Sounds like: warred

Derived forms: wards, warded, warding

See also: warder [Brit]

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, Dave Ward, Colorado Ward, James Harman Ward, James Ward, Hugh Ward, Aaron Ward, AR Ward Ward, CO Ward, Artemas Ward, Arkansas Ward, Mary Ward, South Carolina Ward, Sir Joseph George Ward, Samuel Ward, Tim Ward, Thomas Ward, South Dakota Ward, Nick Ward, New Zealand Ward, New York Ward, SD Ward, SC Ward, Ontario