Definitions For Ward

noun

• A division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
• Block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care
• A district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
• A person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
• United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
• English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
• English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
• A section in a hospital for patients needing a particular kind of care
• A section in a prison
• One of the sections into which a city or town is divided for the purposes of an election

verb

• Watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect