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n.
The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship.
n.
Alt. of Wardenship
a.
Designating, or pertaining to, a kind of glass inclosure for keeping ferns, mosses, etc., or for transporting growing plants from a distance; as, a Wardian case of plants; -- so named from the inventor, Nathaniel B. Ward, an Englishman.
n.
The office or jurisdiction of a warden.
n.
One who wards or keeps; a keeper; a guard.
v. i.
Alt. of -wards
n.
A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Ward
n.
Anciently, a meeting of the inhabitants of a ward; also, a court formerly held in each ward of London for trying defaults in matters relating to the watch, police, and the like.
n.
A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.
imp. & p. p.
of Ward
n.
A room used by the citizens of a city ward, for meetings, political caucuses, elections, etc.
n.
The duty of keeping watch and ward (see the Note under Watch, n., 1) with a horn to be blown upon any occasion of surprise.
n.
A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
n.
A warden of the marches; a marcher.
n.
An officer who keeps or guards; a keeper; as, the warden of a prison.
n.
A man who keeps ward; a guard.
n.
A head official; as, the warden of a college; specifically (Eccl.), a churchwarden.
pl.
of Wardsman
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