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1. Ward
   [legal] Cover of Eternal Filena volume 4, illustrated by Akemi Takada. ==License== ==Fair use rationale== This image falls under fair use in the article Akemi Takada because: ==Fair use rationale== This image falls under fair use in the article Eternal Filena because: ...
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2. Ward
   [country subdivision] A ward is a subdivision of a municipality. Wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to the area. It is common in the United States for wards to simply be number...
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3. Ward
   [band] Ward are an electronica duo consisting of David Meme and Richard Williams (from the emo band Calvados Beam Trio). WARD need to be Richard Williams (Calvados Beam Trio/Noise Noise Alore!) and David Meme (MEME) in a collaborative experimental electronica project. They formed WARD in 199...
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4. Ward
   [law] In law, a ward is someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian. A court may take responsibility for the legal protection of an individual, usually either a child or incapacitated person, in which case the ward is known as a ward of the court, or a ward of the state, in the U...
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5. Ward
   Every local authority in the country is divided into a number of smaller districts known as wards - there are 8,414 in England alone. They form the constituencies for local elections, returning up to three councillors each. The government is also focusing much of its regeneration work on wards which...
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6. ward
   [n] - English economist and conservationist (1914-1981) 2. [n] - English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women`s suffrage movement (1851-1920) 3. [n] - United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913) 4. [n] - a pers...
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7. Ward
   a castle courtyard or bailey
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8. ward
   Electoral division of a parliamentary seat or of a district council in an urban area. ...
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9. Ward
   (of castle) An area of land within a castle or a castle's jurisdiction. Sometimes the baileys of a castle called be called separate wards. The can be portions of land at some distance to the main holding's of the magnate - but still included as part of a ward. For example, 'Bedlingtonshire' was trea...
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10. ward
    any of various administrative divisions. Category: Medicine • a division in a hospital for the care of patients suffering the same disease(a diabetic--)(a isolation--) Category: Building industry • a large room in a hospital where a number of patients are accommodated (a 4-bed --) (a 12-bed --). Category: Medicine
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11. Ward
    Ward noun [ Anglo-Saxon weard , fem., guard, weard , masc., keeper, guard; akin to Old Saxon ward a watcher, warden, German wart , Old High German wart , Icelandic vörðr a warden, a watch, Goth. -wards
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12. Ward
    Ward transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Warded ; present participle & verbal noun Warding .] [ Middle English wardien , Anglo-Saxon weardian to keep, protect; akin...
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13. Ward
    Ward intransitive verb 1. To be vigilant; to keep guard. 2. To act on the defensive with a weapon. « She redoubling her blows drove the stranger to no other shift than to ward and go back.» Sir P. Sidney.
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14. ward
    1. The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch. 'Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward.' (Spenser) ... 2. One who, or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection. 'For th...
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15. ward
    hospital ward noun 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`
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16. ward
    noun a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
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17. ward
    noun a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
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18. Ward
    Aaron Montgomery Ward noun United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)
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19. Ward
    Mary Augusta Arnold Ward noun English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women`s suffrage movement (1851-1920)
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20. Ward
    Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth noun English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)
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21. ward
    (word) a large room in a hospital for the accommodation of several patients. a division within a hospital for the care of numerous patients having the same condition, such as a a maternity ward.
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22. Ward
    • (n.) A division of a county. • (n.) To fend off; to repel; to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off. • (v. i.) To act on the defensive with a weapon. • (n.) To defend by walls, fortifications, etc. • (n.) The state of being under g...
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23. ward
    (from the article `lock`) ...security. The Romans introduced metal for locks, usually iron for the lock itself and often bronze for the key (with the result that keys are ...
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24. Ward
    Ward is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `to guard ` Where is it used? The name Ward is mainly used In English. Ward doesn`t appear In 2007`s top-1000 name list.The last time Ward appeared In the top-1000 was 38 years ago, In 1970. It ranked #720 In that year. . 1890 was a `top year` for the name Ward. (Based on 128 years
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25. Ward
    [fencing] A ward or guard (translating German Hut "protection") is a defensive position in the German school of swordsmanship. In Royal Armouries Ms. I.33 the concept is rendered as custodia "guard". ...
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