What is "ward"

Ward \Ward\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warded; p. pr. & vb. n. Warding.] [OE. wardien, AS. weardian to keep, protect; akin to OS. ward?n to watch, take care, OFries. wardia, OHG. wart?n, G. warten to wait, wait on, attend to, Icel. var?a to guarantee defend, Sw. v[*a]rda to guard, to watch; cf. OF. warder, of German origin. See Ward, n., and cf. Award, Guard, Reward.]

1. To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.

   Whose gates he found fast shut, no living wight To ward the same.
   --Spenser.

2. To defend; to protect.

   Tell him it was a hand that warded him From thousand dangers.
   --Shak.

3. To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. [Obs.]

4. To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.

   Now wards a felling blow, now strikes again.
   --Daniel.

   The pointed javelin warded off his rage.
   --Addison.

   It instructs the scholar in the various methods of warding off the force of objections.
   --I. Watts.

Ward \Ward\, n. [AS. weard, fem., guard, weard, masc., keeper, guard; akin to OS. ward a watcher, warden, G. wart, OHG. wart, Icel. v["o]r[eth]r a warden, a watch, Goth. -wards in da['u]rawards a doorkeeper, and E. wary; cf. OF. warde guard, from the German. See Ware, a., Wary, and cf. Guard, Wraith.]

1. The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.

   Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward.
   --Spenser.

2. One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.

   For the best ward of mine honor.
   --Shak.

   The assieged castle's ward Their steadfast stands did mightily maintain.
   --Spenser.

   For want of other ward, He lifted up his hand, his front to guard.
   --Dryden.

3. The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.

   And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard.
   --Gen. xl. 3.

   I must attend his majesty's command, to whom I am now in ward.
   --Shak.

   It is also inconvenient, in Ireland, that the wards and marriages of gentlemen's children should be in the disposal of any of those lords.
   --Spenser.

4. A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard. ``Thou knowest my old ward; here I lay, and thus I bore my point.''
   --Shak.

5. One who, or that which, is guarded. Specifically:

   1. A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery. ``You know our father's ward, the fair Monimia.''
      --Otway.

   2. A division of a county. [Eng. & Scot.]

   3. A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.

      Throughout the trembling city placed a guard, Dealing an equal share to every ward.
      --Dryden.

   4. A division of a forest. [Eng.]

   5. A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.

6. 1. A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it.

   2. A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
      --Knight.

      The lock is made . . . more secure by attaching wards to the front, as well as to the back, plate of the lock, in which case the key must be furnished with corresponding notches.
      --Tomlinson.

      Ward penny (O. Eng. Law), money paid to the sheriff or castellan for watching and warding a castle.

      Ward staff, a constable's or watchman's staff. [Obs.]

Ward \Ward\, v. i.

1. To be vigilant; to keep guard.

2. To act on the defensive with a weapon.

   She redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no other shift than to ward and go back.
   --Sir P. Sidney.

Old English weard "a guarding, protection; watchman, sentry, keeper," from Proto-Germanic *wardaz "guard" (cognates: Old Saxon ward, Old Norse vörðr, Old High German wart), from PIE *war-o-, from root *wer- (4) "perceive, watch out for" (cognates: Latin vereri "to observe with awe, revere, respect, fear;" Greek ouros "a guard, watchman," and possibly horan "to see;" Hittite werite- "to see"). Used for administrative districts (at first in the sense of guardianship) from late 14c.; of hospital divisions from 1749. Meaning "minor under control of a guardian" is from early 15c. Ward-heeler is 1890, from heeler "loafer, one on the lookout for shady work" (1870s).

Old English weardian "to keep guard, watch, protect, preserve," from Proto-Germanic *wardon "to guard" (cognates: Old Saxon wardon, Old Norse varða "to guard," Old Frisian wardia, Middle Dutch waerden "to take care of," Old High German warten "to guard, look out for, expect," German warten "to wait, wait on, nurse, tend"), from PIE *war-o- (see ward (n.)). French garder, Italian guardare, Spanish guardar are Germanic loan-words. Meaning "to parry, to fend off" (now usually with off) is recorded from 1570s. Related: Warded; warding.

Etymology 1 n. (context archaic or obsolete English) A guard; a guardian or watchman. Etymology 2

n. 1 protection, defence. 2 # (context obsolete English) A guard or watchman; now replaced by ''warden''. 3 # The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (''usually in phrases keep ward etc.''). 4 # guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner. 5 # An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area, or a social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering, approaching and/or even from being able to locate said-protected premises 6 # (context historical Scots law English) Land tenure through military service. 7 # (context fencing English) A guarding or defensive motion or position. 8 A protected place. 9 # (context archaic English) An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls. 10 # A section or subdivision of a prison. 11 # An administrative division of a borough, city or council. 12 # (context UK English) A division of a forest. 13 # (context Mormonism English) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch. 14 # A part of a hospital where patients reside. Etymology 3

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard. 2 (context transitive English) To defend, to protect. 3 (context transitive English) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by ''off''. 4 (context intransitive English) To be vigilant; to keep guard. 5 (context intransitive English) To act on the defensive with a weapon.

v. watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect; "guard my possessions while I'm away" [syn: guard]

1. n. a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another

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

3. 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" [syn: hospital ward]

4. English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) [syn: Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth]

5. English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920) [syn: Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward]

6. United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) [syn: Montgomery Ward, Asron Montgomery Ward]

7. a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) [syn: cellblock]

Ward may refer to:

A ward or guard (translating German Hut "protection") is a defensive position in the German school of swordsmanship. In Royal Armouries Ms. I.33 the concept is rendered as custodia "guard".

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Ward are an electronica duo consisting of David Meme and Richard Williams

Ward is a popular Old English origin and Old Gaelic origin surname dating to before the Norman conquest of 1066.

The Old English name derives from an occupational surname for a civil guard/keeper of the watch, or alternately as a topographical surname from the word "werd" ("marsh").

The Old Gaelic surname derives from " Mac an Bhaird" ("son of the Bard"). A bard being a story teller or poet.

The two names are completely unrelated ethnically one being Germanic and the other Celtic. The oldest public record of the surname dates to 1176. People with the surname include:

In fortifications, a bailey or ward refers to a courtyard enclosed by a curtain wall. In particular, an early type of European castle was known as a Motte-and-bailey. Castles can have more than one ward. Their layout depends both on the local topography and the level of fortification technology employed, ranging from simple enclosures to elaborate concentric defences. In addition to the gradual evolution of more complex castle plans, there are also significant differences in regional traditions of military architecture regarding the subdivision into wards.

In The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), a ward is the larger of two types of local congregations, the smaller being a branch. A ward is presided over by a bishop, the equivalent of a pastor in many other Christian denominations. As with all local LDS Church leadership, the bishop is considered lay clergy and as such is not paid. Two counselors serve with the bishop to help with administrative and spiritual duties of the ward and to preside in the absence of the bishop. Together, these three men constitute the bishopric. A branch is presided over by a branch president who may or may not have one or two counselors, depending on the size of the branch. Groups of wards are organized into stakes, while groups of branches are organized into districts.

In law, a ward is someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian. A court may take responsibility for the legal protection of an individual, usually either a child or incapacitated person, in which case the ward is known as a ward of the court or a ward of the state.

In Australia, New Zealand and the United States, the child is termed a ward of the court. In Ireland and the United Kingdom "the" is not used; the ward is thus termed a ward of court. In Canada the legal term is Crown ward.

Children who are in the custody of government departments, also known as foster care, become wards of the respective government entity, and in the US wards of the states in which they reside. The government or state is in loco parentis to the child, which generally entails assuming all lawful authority to make medical and legal decisions on the child's behalf.

A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to the area. It is common in the United States for wards to simply be numbered.

In Australia, Canada, Monaco, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States, they are an electoral district within a district or municipality, used in local government elections. In the United States, wards are usually subdivided into precincts for polling purposes.

In the Republic of Ireland, urban Wards and rural District Electoral Divisions were renamed Electoral Divisions in 1994. The electoral districts for local authorities are often popularly called "wards". These consist of multiple electoral divisions, and are officially called "local electoral areas".

In the case of a municipal amalgamation, the former cities and towns that make up the new metropolis may be referred to as wards.

• In certain cities of India, like Mumbai and Delhi, a ward is an administrative unit of the city region, a city area is divided into Zones, which in turn contains numerous wards.
• In Japan, a ward (ku or 区 in Japanese) is an administrative unit of one of the larger cities.
• In Vietnam, a ward (phường) is an administrative subunit of an inner city district (quận).
• A ward in Nepal is a political division. Nine wards make up a village development committee (VDC); VDCs make districts; districts makes zones; and zones (regions) make up the country.
• In parts of northern England, a ward was a sub-entity of a county, equivalent to a hundred.

In South Africa, wards are geopolitical subdivisions of municipalities used for electoral purposes. Each metropolitan and local municipality is delimited by the Municipal Demarcation Board into half as many wards as there are seats on the municipal council (rounding up if there are an odd number of seats). Each ward then elects one councillor directly, and the remaining councillors are elected from party lists so that the overall party balance is proportional to the proportion of votes received by each party.

After the 2016 municipal elections, there are 4,392 wards in South Africa.

The Ward Motor Vehicle Company was founded by Charles A. Ward in New York City as an electric truck company. When Hayden Eames joined the company, it made electric cars also, from 1914-1916.

Ward as a given name may refer to the following people:

• Ward Armstrong (born 1956), American trial lawyer
• Ward Bennett (1917–2003), American designer, artist and sculptor
• Ward Beysen (1941–2005), Belgian politician and freemason
• Ward Bond (1903–1960), American actor
• Ward Boston (1923–2008), American attorney
• Ward Bowlby (1834–1917), Canadian lawyer and politician
• Ward Nicholas Boylston (1747–1828), American merchant and philanthropist
• Ward Brackett (1914–2006), American artist
• Ward Brehm, American entrepreneur
• Ward Brennan, pseudonym of Australian writer Leonard Frank Meares (1921–1993)
• Ward W. Briggs (born 1945), American classicist and historian of classical studies
• Ward Burton (born 1961), American stock car racing driver
• Ward Chamberlin (born 1921), former president of WETA-TV
• Ward Cheney (1813-1876), manufacturer of silk fabrics
• Ward Chipman (1754–1824), American lawyer and judge
• Ward Chipman, Jr. (1787–1851), American lawyer and judge
• Ward Christensen (born 1945), American entrepreneur
• Ward Churchill (born 1947), American author and political activist
• Ward Cleaver, fictional character in the television sitcom Leave it to Beaver
• Ward Connerly (born 1939), American political activist and businessman
• Ward Cornell (1924–2000), Canadian broadcaster
• Ward Costello (1919–2009), American actor and composer
• Ward Crutchfield (1928–2016), American politician and member of the Tennessee Senate for the Democratic party
• Ward Cuff (1914–2002), American football player
• Ward Cunningham (born 1949), American computer programmer
• Ward Darley (1903–1979), American educator and physician
• Ward Edmonds (1908–1930), American pole vaulter
• Ward Edwards (1927–2005), American psychologist
• Ward Edwards (born 1930), American politician and member of the Georgia House of Representatives for the Democratic party
• Ward Elcock (born 1947), Canadian civil servant
• Ward Elliott (born 1937), American political scientist and professor
• Ward V. Evans (c. 1880–1957), chemist and professor at Northwestern University
• Ward Farnsworth (born 1967), dean of the University of Texas School of Law
• Ward Forrest (born 1954), American soccer player
• Ward Gibson (1921–1958), American professional basketball player
• Ward Goodenough (1919–2013), American anthropologist
• Ward J. M. Hagemeijer, American author
• Ward Hawkins (1912–1990), American author
• Ward Haylett (1895–1990), coach of track and field at Kansas State University
• Ward Hermans (1897–1992), Belgian Flemish nationalist politician and writer
• Ward Hunt (1810–1886), American jurist and politician
• Ward M. Hussey (1920–2009), American lawyer
• Ward Jones, South African scholar
• Ward Just (born 1935), American writer
• Ward Keeler, American anthropologist
• Ward Kimball (1914–2002), American animator for the Walt Disney Studios
• Ward Lambert (1888–1958), American basketball and baseball coach
• Ward Hill Lamon (1828–1893), American personal friend and self-appointed bodyguard of Abraham Lincoln
• Ward Lascelle (1882–1941), American producer and director
• Ward Lernout (born 1931), Flemish painter
• Ward Maule (1833–1913), Indian-born English clergyman and cricketer
• Ward McAllister (1827–1895), American attorney
• Ward McAllister (1891–1981), American film actor
• Ward McIntyre (1930–2007), American television and radio personality
• Ward McLanahan (1883–1974), American track and field athlete
• Ward Meese (1897–1968), American football player
• Ward Melville (1887–1977), American philanthropist and businessman
• Ward Miller (1902–1984), American politician and member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the Republican party
• Ward Miller (1884–1958), American professional baseball player
• Ward Moore (1903–1978), working name of American writer Joseph Ward Moore
• Ward Morehouse (1895–1966), American theater critic
• Ward Morehouse (1929–2012), Indian anti-corporate activist
• Ward Morehouse III (born 1945), American author and playwright
• Ward O′Neill (born 1951), Australian illustrator and caricaturist
• Ward B. Pafford (1911–2011), fourth president of the University of West Georgia
• Ward Page (1876–1949), American football coach
• Ward Perry (born 1970), Canadian voice actor
• Ward Pigman (1910–1977), American biologist and suspected Soviet spy
• Ward Pinkett (1906–1937), American jazz trumpeter
• Ward C. Pitfield, Jr. (born 1925), Canadian financier
• Ward Plummer (born 1940), American physicist
• Ward Prentice (1886–1969), Australian rugby player
• Ward Preston (1966–1997), American production designer and art director
• Ward Ritchie (1905–1996), American printer and writer
• Ward Russell (born 1978), American cinematographer
• Ward Ruyslinck, pseudonym of Belgian writer Raymond De Belser (1929–2014)
• Ward Sels (born 1941), Belgian professional road bicycle racer
• Ward Sutton, American illustrator
• Ward Swingle (1927–2015), American vocalist and jazz musician
• Ward Sylvester, American producer
• Ward Thomas (born 1923), British television executive
• Ward Walsh (born 1947), American football player
• Ward Wettlaufer (1935–2016), American amateur golfer
• Ward Whitt (born 1942), American professor of operations research and management sciences
• Ward Williams (1923–2005), American professional basketball player
• Ward Wilson, British nuclear policy analyst
• Ward Wood (1924–2001), American actor and television writer

A ward ( phường) in Vietnam is an urban subdistrict. It is one of three kinds of third-level commune-level subdivisions along with the commune-level town (thị trấn), and the rural commune ( xã).

The ward is subordinates to the second-level units including county-level town or the provincial city or the urban district of central-controlled municipality. Currently, for management the urban areas and associating families, each ward is divided into neighborhoods , the neighborhoods is the organization of population.

Till December 31, 2008, Vietnam had 1,327 wards. In which, Ho Chi Minh City has 259 wards and Hanoi has 147 wards.

Ward (full name and dates of birth and death unknown) was an English cricketer. Ward's batting style is unknown.

Ward made a single first-class appearance for Cambridge Town Club against Cambridge University in 1842 at Parker's Piece. In a match which Cambridge University won by 3 wickets, Ward batted twice, ending not out with a single run in Cambridge Town Club's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for the same score by Willam Mills.

Ward is Administrative Unit in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). It is notified in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013.

Ward is same like Union Council, But Ward is new term and new demarcation by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government. While Union Councils are based upon West Pakistan Land Revenue Act, 1967 (W.P. Act No. XVII of 1967)

Ward may consist of:

• Village Council or
• Neighbourhood Council

Village Council is rural places, while Neighbourhood Councils are urban and they are near to main city or have some of characteristics of city.

Each ward is considered to be a complete local government, having their own District Councilor, Tehsil Councilor, General Councilors, Peasant Councilors, Women Councilors and Youth Councilors, to represent different communities of human and to struggle for their own benefits.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa there are total 2996 Village Councils. and 505 Neighborhood Councils. While total amount of Union Councils is 1001.