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▸ noun:  (archaic or obsolete) A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.
▸ noun:  Protection, defence.
▸ noun:  The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
▸ noun:  Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
▸ noun:  (fantasy) An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic.
▸ noun:  (fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position.
▸ noun:  (historical, Scots law) Land tenure through military service.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A guard or watchman; now replaced by warden.
▸ noun:  A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
▸ noun:  An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
▸ noun:  A section or subdivision of a prison.
▸ noun:  An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
▸ noun:  (UK) A division of a forest.
▸ noun:  (Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
▸ noun:  A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
▸ noun:  A person under guardianship.
▸ noun:  A minor looked after by a guardian.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) An underage orphan.
▸ noun:  An object used for guarding.
▸ noun:  The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To defend, to protect.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off)
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
▸ noun:  (countable) An English surname originating as an occupation for a guard or watchman.
▸ noun:  (countable) An English male given name.
▸ noun:  A placename
▸ noun:  A parish of Castleknock, Fingal, Ireland
▸ noun:  A small town in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, named after Joseph Ward.
▸ noun:  A locale in the United States:
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Sumter County, Alabama.
▸ noun:  A city in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
▸ noun:  A town in Boulder County, Colorado.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Boone County, Indiana.
▸ noun:  A township in Todd County, Minnesota.
▸ noun:  A town in Allegany County, New York.
▸ noun:  A township in Hocking County, Ohio.
▸ noun:  A township in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
▸ noun:  A town in Saluda County, South Carolina.
▸ noun:  A town in Moody County, South Dakota.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community and coal town in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
▸ noun:  Ellipsis of Ward River.; A river in Ireland
▸ noun:  Ellipsis of Ward Beach.; A coastline in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand
▸ noun:  Ellipsis of Ward County. [One of 53 counties in North Dakota, United States. County seat: Minot. Named after Mark Ward.]
▸ noun:  Clipping of Edward. (a corruption of the name Edward) [A male given name from Old English.]
▸ noun:  Clipping of Howard. [A surname originating as a patronymic.]

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