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Synonyms for ward

Grammar : Noun
Spell : wawrd
Phonetic Transcription : wɔrd

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Définition of ward

Origin :
  • Old English weard "a guarding, a watchman, a sentry," from West Germanic *wardo (cf. Old Saxon ward, Old Norse vörðr, Old High German wart). 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).
  • noun district
  • noun custody; person in one's custody
Example sentences :
  • "Miss Ward's case has not yet been settled," she said slowly.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • But are you quite certain that you are acting wisely, Miss Ward?
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Small as the incident was, it marked a change in Sidney's position in the ward.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The ward sat up, remembered that it was not the Sabbath, smiled across from bed to bed.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • She was back in the hospital again, this time in the children's ward.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The lame girl who played the violin limped down the corridor into the ward.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • The Christmas excitement had not died out in the ward when Carlotta went back to it.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • "I'm twenty-one and she's eighteen," hummed the ward under its breath.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Johnny Rosenfeld still lay in his ward, inert from the waist down.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Under its sporadic breezes, as it turned, the ward was trying to sleep.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

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