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Noun
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)
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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
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Barbara Ward
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Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
(English economist and conservationist (1914-1981))
S:
(n)
Ward
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Mrs. Humphrey Ward
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Mary Augusta Arnold Ward
(English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920))
S:
(n)
Ward
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Montgomery Ward
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Aaron Montgomery Ward
(United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913))
instance
S:
(n)
cellblock
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ward
(a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells))
Verb
S:
(v)
guard
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ward
(watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect)
"guard my possessions while I'm away"
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