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What does ward mean?

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Noun
  1. (archaic or obsolete) A guard; a guardian or watchman.
Noun
  1. Protection, defence.
    1. (obsolete) A guard or watchman; now replaced by warden.
    2. The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.).
    3. Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
    4. An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area, or a social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering, approaching and/or even from being able to locate said-protected premises
    5. (historical, Scots law) Land tenure through military service.
    6. (fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position.
  2. A protected place.
    1. (archaic) An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
    2. A section or subdivision of a prison.
    3. An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
    4. (Britain) A division of a forest.
    5. (Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
    6. A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
  3. A person under guardianship.
    1. A minor looked after by a guardian.
    2. (obsolete) An underage orphan.
  4. An object used for guarding.
    1. The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
  2. (transitive) To defend, to protect.
  3. (transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches; -- usually followed by off.
  4. (intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
  5. (intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
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