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ward / wôrd/ • n. 1. a separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient: a children's ward | [as adj.] a ward nurse. ∎ one of the divisions of a prison. 2. an administrative division of a city or borough that typically elects and is represented by a councilor or councilors. ∎ a territorial division of the Mormon Church presided over by a bishop. 3. a person, usually a minor, under the care and control of a guardian appointed by their parents or a court. ∎ archaic guardianship or the state of being subject to a guardian: the ward and care of the Crown. 4. (usu. wards) any of the internal ridges or bars in a lock that prevent the turning of any key that does not have grooves of corresponding form or size. ∎ the corresponding grooves in the bit of a key. 5. archaic the action of keeping a lookout for danger: I saw them keeping ward at one of those huge gates. 6. hist. an area of ground enclosed by the encircling walls of a fortress or castle. 7. Fencing a defensive position or motion. • v. [tr.] 1. archaic guard; protect: it was his duty to ward the king. 2. admit (a patient) to a hospital ward. PHRASES: ward of the court a person, usually a minor or of unsound mind, for whom a guardian has been appointed by a court or who has become directly subject to the authority of that court.PHRASAL VERBS: ward someone/something off prevent from harming or affecting one: she put up a hand as if to ward him off.DERIVATIVES: ward·ship / -ˌship/ n. |
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"ward." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ward." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-ward005.html "ward." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-ward005.html |
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A. watching, guarding, custody OE.; charge of a prisoner XIII; B. administrative division of a city, etc. XIV (in AL. warda XIII); C. separate room or division of a prison, hospital, etc. XVI; D. pl. notches or projections in a key or lock to prevent opening XV. OE. weard = MLG. warde, OHG. warta watch (G. warte watchtower):- WGmc. *wardō (whence ONF. warde, with the repr. of which the native word coalesced = (O)F. garde GUARD), f. *ward-, extension of *war- be on guard, watch (see WARE2). |
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T. F. HOAD. "ward." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "ward." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-ward.html T. F. HOAD. "ward." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-ward.html |
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1. a separate room in a hospital, typically one allocated to a particular type of patient: a children's ward | a ward nurse. 2. archaic the action of keeping a lookout for danger: I saw them keeping ward at one of those huge gates. 3. an area of ground enclosed by the encircling walls of a fortress or castle. v. archaic guard; protect: it was his duty to ward the king. |
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"ward." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ward." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-ward.html "ward." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-ward.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "ward." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "ward." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-ward1.html T. F. HOAD. "ward." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-ward1.html |
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Warda 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. |
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"Ward." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Ward." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301710.html "Ward." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505301710.html |
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Ward ♂ Transferred use of the surname, originally an occupational name from Old English weard ‘guardian, watchman’.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Ward." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Ward." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Ward.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Ward." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Ward.html |
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ward1 In English history, see hundred . 2 In law, see guardian and ward . 3 In local government, see city government . |
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"ward." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ward." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-ward.html "ward." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-ward.html |
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WARDA person, especially an infant or incompetent, placed by the court in the care of a guardian. cross-references |
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"Ward." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Ward." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437704645.html "Ward." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437704645.html |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "ward." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "ward." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-ward.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "ward." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-ward.html |
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•aboard, abroad, accord, afford, applaud, award, bawd, board, broad, chord, Claude, cord, ford, fraud, gaud, Gawd, hoard, horde, laud, lord, maraud, milord, sward, sword, toward, unawed, unexplored, unrestored, ward
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"ward." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "ward." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-ward.html "ward." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-ward.html |
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