See Also: ward 1, noun(dictionary)
ward(dictionary)
ward(2)(dictionary)
ward(medicine)
ward(3)(dictionary)
Ward, O(medicine)
Ward Of Court(law)
Montgomery Ward & Co.(encyclopedia)
ward 2, verb(dictionary)
WARD, a district(law)

ward 1, noun (oh)



[Language: Old English; Origin: weard 'guarding']
a large room in a hospital where people who need medical treatment stay
maternity/general/geriatric etc ward
(=a ward for people with a particular medical condition) on/in the ward
::a young nurse in her first day on the wards
::the other patients in the ward
one of the small areas that a city has been divided into for the purpose of local elections
-see also constituency constituency
law someone, especially a child, who is under the legal protection of another person or of a law court
::She was made a ward of court .