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S: (n) ward (a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another)
S: (n) ward (a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections)
S: (n) ward, hospital 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"
S: (n) Ward, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth (English economist and conservationist (1914-1981))
S: (n) Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward (English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920))

S: (n) Ward, Montgomery Ward, Aaron Montgomery Ward (United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913))
S: (n) cellblock, ward (a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells))

S: (v) guard, ward (watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect) "guard my possessions while I'm away"

S: (v) protect (shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage) "Weatherbeater protects your roof from the rain"

S: (v) prevent, keep (stop (someone or something) from doing something or being in a certain state) "We must prevent the cancer from spreading"; "His snoring kept me from falling asleep"; "Keep the child from eating the marbles"