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- English Word Ward Definition One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
- English Word Ward Definition The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
- English Word Ward Definition A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
- English Word Ward Definition One who, or that which, is guarded.
- English Word Ward Definition A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
- English Word Ward Definition A division of a county.
- English Word Ward Definition A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
- English Word Ward Definition A division of a forest.
- English Word Ward Definition A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
- English Word Ward Definition A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it.
- English Word Ward Definition A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
- English Word Ward Definition To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
- English Word Ward Definition To defend; to protect.
- English Word Ward Definition To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
- English Word Ward Definition To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
- English Word Ward Definition To be vigilant; to keep guard.
- English Word Ward Definition To act on the defensive with a weapon.
- English Word Ward-corn Definition The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise.
- English Word Wardcorps Definition Guardian; one set to watch over another.
- English Word Warded Definition of Ward