Noun Definition

ward

1.Definition: a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections

Category: Places

2.Definition: a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)

Related Noun(s):cellblock

Category: Objects

3.Definition: a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another

Category: People

4.Definition: 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"

Category: Objects

5.Definition: English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)

Related Noun(s):barbara ward

Category: People

6.Definition: English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)

Category: People

7.Definition: United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)

Category: People