Ward vs. Warden
Wardnoun
A guard; a guardian or watchman.
Wardnoun
Protection, defence.
Wardnoun
(obsolete) A guard or watchman; now replaced by warden.
Wardnoun
The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.).
Wardnoun
Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
Wardnoun
An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area, or a social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering, approaching or even from being able to locate said protected premises.
Wardnoun
Land tenure through military service.
Wardnoun
(fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position.
Wardnoun
A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
Wardnoun
An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
Wardnoun
A section or subdivision of a prison.
Wardnoun
An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
Wardnoun
(UK) A division of a forest.
Wardnoun
(Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
Wardnoun
A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
Wardnoun
A person under guardianship.
Wardnoun
A minor looked after by a guardian.
Wardnoun
(obsolete) An underage orphan.
Wardnoun
An object used for guarding.
Wardnoun
The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.
Wardverb
(transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
Wardverb
(transitive) To defend, to protect.
Wardverb
(transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
Wardverb
(intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
Wardverb
(intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
Wardnoun
The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
Wardnoun
One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
Wardnoun
The state of being under guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
Wardnoun
A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
Wardnoun
One who, or that which, is guarded.
Wardnoun
A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
Wardnoun
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.
Wardnoun
A division of a county.
Wardnoun
A division, district, or quarter of a town or city.
Wardnoun
A division of a forest.
Wardnoun
A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
Wardverb
To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
Wardverb
To defend; to protect.
Wardverb
To defend by walls, fortifications, etc.
Wardverb
To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; - usually followed by off.
Wardverb
To be vigilant; to keep guard.
Wardverb
To act on the defensive with a weapon.
Wardnoun
a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
Wardnoun
a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
Wardnoun
block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care;
Wardnoun
English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
Wardnoun
English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
Wardnoun
United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
Wardnoun
a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
Wardverb
watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect;
Wardennoun
A guard or watchman.
Wardennoun
A chief administrative officer of a prison.
Wardennoun
An official charged with supervisory duties or with the enforcement of specific laws or regulations; such as a game warden or air-raid warden
Wardennoun
A governing official in various institutions
Wardennoun
A variety of pear.
Wardenverb
To carry out the duties of a warden.
Wardennoun
A keeper; a guardian; a watchman.
Wardennoun
An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.
Wardennoun
A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden.
Wardennoun
A large, hard pear, chiefly used for baking and roasting.
Wardennoun
the chief official in charge of a prison
