Ward

Ward  (wôrd), (Aaron) Montgomery 1843-1913.

American merchant who established (1872) the mail-order business that bears his name.

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Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Known as Mrs. Humphry Ward. 1851-1920.

British writer whose novels include Robert Elsmere (1888).

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Ward ¹, Artemus 1727-1800.

American Revolutionary general who directed Massachusetts troops in the siege of Boston, until George Washington relieved him of the command and drove the British from the city (1776).

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Ward ², Artemus

See Charles Farrar Browne.

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ward  (wôrd)

n.

1. A division of a city or town, especially an electoral district, for administrative and representative purposes.

2. A district of some English and Scottish counties corresponding roughly to the hundred or the wapentake.

3.

a. A room in a hospital usually holding six or more patients.

b. A division in a hospital for the care of a particular group of patients: a maternity ward.

4. One of the divisions of a penal institution, such as a prison.

5. An open court or area of a castle or fortification enclosed by walls.

6.

a. Law A minor or incompetent person placed under the care or protection of a guardian or court.

b. A person under the protection or care of another.

7. The state of being under guard; custody.

8. The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship.

9. A means of protection; a defense.

10. A defensive movement or attitude, especially in fencing; a guard.

11.

a. The projecting ridge of a lock or keyhole that prevents the turning of a key other than the proper one.

b. The notch cut into a key that corresponds to such a ridge.

tr.v. ward·ed, ward·ing, wards

To guard; protect.

Phrasal Verb:

ward off

1. To turn aside; parry: ward off an opponent's blows.

2. To try to prevent; avert: took vitamins to ward off head colds.

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[Middle English, action of guarding, from Old English weard, a watching, protection; see wer-³ in Indo-European roots.]

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ward

Noun

1. a room in a hospital for patients requiring similar kinds of care: the maternity ward

2. one of the districts into which a town, parish, or other area is divided for administration or elections

3. Law Also called: (ward of court) a person, esp. a child whose parents are dead, who is placed under the control or protection of a guardian or of a court

See also ward off [Old English weard protector]

wardship n

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Ward a body of guards or defenders, as a garrison (its use survives in wardroom); a body of watchmen, 1500; patients in a hospital ward, collectively, 1768.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ward - a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
	2.	ward - a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections administrative district, administrative division, territorial division - a district defined for administrative purposes municipality - an urban district having corporate status and powers of self-government
	3.	ward - 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 block - housing in a large building that is divided into separate units; "there is a block of classrooms in the west wing" detox - the hospital ward or clinic in which patients are detoxified hospital, infirmary - a health facility where patients receive treatment maternity ward - a hospital ward that provides care for women during pregnancy and childbirth and for newborn infants
	4.	Ward - English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
	5.	Ward - English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920) Mary Augusta Arnold Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Ward
	6.	Ward - United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) Aaron Montgomery Ward, Montgomery Ward
	7.	ward - a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) cellblock block - housing in a large building that is divided into separate units; "there is a block of classrooms in the west wing" jail cell, prison cell, cell - a room where a prisoner is kept death house, death row - the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution prison, prison house - a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
Verb	1.	ward - watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away" guard protect - shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage; "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain" shepherd - watch over like a shepherd, as a teacher of her pupils

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ward

noun 1. room, department, unit, quarter, division, section, apartment, cubicle

noun 2. district, constituency, area, division, zone, parish, precinct

noun 3. dependant, charge, pupil, minor, protégé

ward someone off drive off, resist, confront, fight off, block, oppose, thwart, hold off, repel, fend off, beat off, keep someone at bay, keep someone at arm's length

ward something off

1. avert, turn away, fend off, stave off, avoid, block, frustrate, deflect, repel, forestall

2. parry, avert, deflect, fend off, avoid, block, repel, turn aside

Translations

ward [wɔːd] n (in hospital) → sala;

(POL) → distrito electoral;

(LAW) (child) → pupilo/a

ward off vt → desviar, parar [+ attack]; rechazar

ward [wɔːd] n (in hospital) → salle f;

(Pol) → section électorale;

(Law) (= child) (also: ward of court) → pupille m/f

ward off vt → parer, éviter

ward [wɔːd] n (in hospital) → Station f;

(Pol) → Wahlbezirk m;

(Law) (also: ward of court) → Mündel nt unter Amtsvormundschaft

ward off ward vt [+ attack, enemy, illness] → abwehren

ward [wɔːd] n (in hospital) (= room); corsia: (= section); reparto;

(POL) → circoscrizione f;

(LAW) (child) → pupillo/a

ward off vt → parare, schivare

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ward

n ward [woːd]

1 a room with a bed or beds for patients in a hospital etc He is in a surgical ward of the local hospital. saal جَناح من مُسْتَشْفى، قِسْم болнично отделение sál, oddělení stue die Station θάλαμος sala palat بخش osasto salle מַחלָקָה वार्ड, रोगीकक्ष odjel (bolnički) osztály bangsal deild corsia, reparto 病室 병동, 병실 palata palāta wad afdeling sykehusrom/-avdeling oddział enfermaria secţie (de spital); sală, salon палата sála oddelek odeljenje avdelning, sal, rum แผนกในโรงพยาบาลที่มีคนไข้ประเภทเดียวกัน koğuş 病房 палата ہسپتال میں مریضوں کا کمرہ phòng bệnh 病房

2 a person who is under the legal control and care of someone who is not his or her parent or (a ward of court) of a court She was made a ward of court so that she could not marry until she was eighteen. voogdy قاصِر повереник schovanec, -ka tilsynsbarn das Mündel κηδεμονευόμενος pupilo eestkostetav, hoolealune صغير تحت ولايت holhokki pupille (sous tutelle judiciaire) בֵּן-חָסוּת आश्रित štićenik gyámolt orang yang di bawah perwalian skjólstæðingur minore, (individuo sotto tutela) 被保護者 피보호인, 피후견자 globotinis aizbilstamais anak jagaan pupil myndling, barn under formynderskap osoba pod kuratelą tutelado tutelă подопечный; под опекой суда chovanec, -ka, zverenec varovanec staratelj myndling เด็กหรือผู้เยาว์ที่อยู่ในความคุ้มครองของศาล หรือผู้ปกครอง vesayet altında bulunan kimse 監護 підопічна особа زیر کفالت người được bảo trợ 监护

n ˈwarder

a person who guards prisoners in a jail He shot a warder and escaped from jail. wag حارِس، سَجّان надзирател dozorce, -kyně fangevogter; fængselsbetjent der/die Wärter(in) δεσμοφύλακας celador, carcelero vangivalvur زندانبان vanginvartija gardien/-ienne de prison סוֹהֵר जेलर čuvar, stražar börtönőr sipir (fangelsis)vörður guardia carceraria 看守 교도관, 간수 kalėjimo prižiūrėtojas cietumsargs penjaga banduan cipier fengselsbetjent, fangevokter strażnik więzienny guarda gardian de închisoare надзиратель dozorca, -kyňa jetniški paznik čuvar u zatvoru fångvaktare ผู้คุม; พัศดี gardiyan 獄史，看守，典獄官 тюремний наглядач نگراں giám ngục 狱史，看守，典狱官