Ward

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Ward may refer to:

Division or unit

  • Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward
  • Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a prison
  • Ward (electoral subdivision), electoral district or unit of local government
  • Ward (fortification), part of a castle
  • Ward (LDS Church), a local congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
  • Ward (Vietnam), a type of third-tier subdivision of Vietnam

Businesses and organizations

  • WARD (FM), a radio station (91.9 FM) licensed to serve New Paris, Ohio, United States; see List of radio stations in Ohio
  • WOUF (AM), a radio station (750 AM) licensed to serve Petoskey, Michigan, United States, which held the call sign WARD from 2008 to 2021
  • Warring Adolescents Revenge Division (WARD), organization in The Hardy Boys graphic novels
  • Ward Body Works, a school bus manufacturer, now IC Bus
  • Ward's, a publisher of Ward's AutoWorld and Ward's Dealer Business
  • Wards Brewing Company, a former English brewery, now a brand operated by Double Maxim Beer Company

Law and law enforcement

  • Ward (law), someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian
  • Watchman (law enforcement), a security guard
  • Ward (feudal)
  • Justice Ward (disambiguation)

Names

  • Ward (surname)
  • Ward (given name)
  • Ward, short form of the given names:
    • Edward
    • Howard
    • Hereward

Places

  • The Ward, Toronto, neighbourhood in central Toronto
  • Ward, Castleknock, Ireland
  • Ward, New Zealand

United States

Vessels

  • USS Aaron Ward, various United States Navy destroyers
  • USS Ward (DD-139), a U.S. Navy destroyer

Other

  • Ward (magic), a word or symbol supposedly embued with protective magic
  • Ward (fencing), defensive position in the sport of fencing
  • Ward (locks), an obstruction preventing the opening of a warded lock
  • The Ward (disambiguation)
  • Ward County (disambiguation)
  • "Ward", by C418 from Minecraft - Volume Beta, 2013

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Ward
Topics referred to by the same term
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