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Noun ward has 7 senses
- ward - a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
--1 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
- ward - a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
--2 is a kind of administrative district, administrative division, territorial division
--2 is a part of municipality
- ward, hospital ward - 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"
--3 is a kind of block
--3 is a part of hospital, infirmary
--3 has particulars: detox; maternity ward
- Ward, Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth - English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
--4 is a kind of economist, economic expert; environmentalist, conservationist
- Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward - English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)
--5 is a kind of writer, author
- Ward, Montgomery Ward, Asron Montgomery Ward - United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
--6 is a kind of businessman, man of affairs
- cellblock, ward - a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
--7 is a kind of block
--7 is a part of prison, prison house
--7 has parts: cell, jail cell, prison cell
--7 has particulars: death house, death row
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