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ward /wörd/ transitive verb- To parry or keep away (now usu ward off)
- To watch over, guard (archaic)
- To protect (with from; archaic)
- To enclose (eg machinery) in order to prevent accidents (rare)
- To place in a ward
intransitive verb To act on the defensive noun- A room with several beds in a hospital, etc
- The patients in a ward collectively
- A division or department of a prison
- The activity or a spell of watching or guarding
- The state of being guarded
- A lookout or watch
- Care, protection
- Guardianship
- Custody
- (in feudal times) control of the lands of a minor
- A minor or other person under a guardian
- A body of guards
- A guarded place, eg a courtyard of a castle (inner and outer ward)
- A means of protection, such as a bolt or bar
- A part of a lock of special configuration to prevent its being turned by any except a particular key, or the part of the key of corresponding configuration
- A defensive motion or position (fencing; also figurative)
- A division of a county (Scot and N Eng)
- An administrative, electoral or other division of a town, etc
- A division of an army (obsolete; as in van(t)ward (vanguard), middle ward and rearward (rearguard))
ORIGIN: OE weardian; cf Ger warten to wait, attend, take care of wardˈed adjective (of a lock or key) having a ward or wards wardˈer noun - Someone who guards or supervises
- A prison officer in charge of prisoners in a jail
- A staff or baton of authority (historical)
transitive verb To guard as a warder wardˈing noun and adjective warˈdress noun A female prison officer wardˈship noun - The office of, or the state of being under, a guardian
- Protection, custody (figurative)
- The state of being in guardianship (figurative)
- In English feudal law, the guardianship that the feudal lord had of the land of his vassal while the latter was a minor
wardˈcorn noun (historical) - A payment in corn in lieu of military service
- Misunderstood as the duty of keeping watch in order to give the alarm by blowing a horn
ward in Chancery noun (historical) A minor under the protection of the Court of Chancery wardˈmote noun A meeting of a ward, or of a court of a ward ward of court noun A minor or other person not of full legal capacity who has been placed under the protection of a court wardˈroom noun - The mess room of the officers of a warship
- The officers collectively
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