Ward may refer to:

Division or unit

Hospital ward A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emergency ...

, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward *

Prison A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, corre ...

ward, a division of a penal institution such as a prison * Ward (electoral subdivision), electoral district or unit of local government **

Ward (KPK) Ward is Administrative Unit in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). It is notified in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Local Government Act 2013. Ward is same like Union Council, But Ward is new term and new demarcation by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government. While Union Co ...

, local government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan **

Ward (South Africa) In South Africa, wards are geopolitical subdivisions of municipalities used for electoral purposes. Each metropolitan and local municipality is delimited by the Municipal Demarcation Board into half as many wards as there are seats on the mun ...

Wards of Bangladesh In Bangladesh, a ward is an optional division of a city or town, especially an electoral district, for administrative and representative purposes. It is an elective unit of a City Corporation or Municipal Corporation, created for the purpose of prov ...

Wards of Germany Municipalities

Wards of Japan A is a subdivision of the cities of Japan that are large enough to have been designated by government ordinance.Wards of Myanmar A ward ( my, ရပ်ကွက်; ''yatkwet'', ) is a fourth-level administrative subdivision of Myanmar's urban cities and towns, below the third-level subdivision of township. Currently, as of August 2015, there are 3,183 wards in Myanmar. In ...

Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom The wards and electoral divisions in the United Kingdom are electoral districts at sub-national level, represented by one or more councillors. The ward is the primary unit of English electoral geography for civil parishes and borough and distri ...

Ward (United States) In the United States, a ward is an optional division of a city or town for administrative and representative purposes, especially for purposes of an election. Depending upon the state and local laws, the term ''ward'' can mean any of: * an elect ...

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Wards of New Orleans The city of New Orleans, in the U.S. state of Louisiana, is divided into 17 wards. Politically, the wards are used in voting in elections, subdivided into precincts. Under various previous city charters of the 19th century, aldermen and later ci ...

Ward (fortification) A bailey or ward in a fortification is a courtyard enclosed by a curtain wall. In particular, an early type of European castle was known as a motte-and-bailey. Castles can have more than one bailey. Their layout depends both on the local topo ...

, part of a castle *

Ward (LDS Church) A ward is a local congregation in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)--with a smaller local congregation known as a branch. A ward is presided over by a bishop, the equivalent of a pastor in many other Christian denominat ...

, a local congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *

Ward (Vietnam) Ward (phường), a type of third tier subdivision of Vietnam is divided into 11,162 units along with township and commune have equal status. Wards are subordinate to urban district, city or town as the Third Tier unit. Currently, to manage th ...

, a type of third-tier subdivision of Vietnam

Entertainment, arts and media

* WOUF (AM), a radio station (750 AM) licensed to serve Petoskey, Michigan, United States, which held the call sign WARD from 2008 to 2021 *

Ward Cleaver Ward Cleaver Jr. is a fictional character in the American television sitcom '' Leave It to Beaver''. Ward and his wife, June, are often invoked as archetypal suburban parents of the 1950s babyboomers. At the start of the show, the couple are th ...

, a fictional character from the American television sitcom ''Leave It to Beaver'' *

Warring Adolescents Revenge Division This is a list of all Hardy Boys books published, by series. The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories (1927–2005) Grosset & Dunlap Simon & Schuster In 1979, the Hardy Boys books began to be published by Wanderer Books Simon & Schuster in paperback forma ...

(WARD), organization in ''The Hardy Boys'' graphic novels * ''

Watch and Ward ''Watch and Ward'' is a short novel by Henry James, first published as a serial in ''The Atlantic Monthly'' in 1871 and later as a book in 1878. This was James' first novel, though he virtually disowned the book later in life. James later called ...

'', a short novel by Henry James first published as a serial in 1871 and later as a book in 1878

Brands and enterprises

Montgomery Ward Montgomery Ward is the name of two successive U.S. retail corporations. The original Montgomery Ward & Co. was a world-pioneering mail-order business and later also a leading department store chain that operated between 1872 and 2001. The curren ...

, an online retailer and former department store chain *

Ward Body Works Ward Body Works (also known as Ward Industries and Ward School Bus Manufacturing, Inc.) was an American bus manufacturer. Headquartered in Conway, Arkansas, Ward specialized in yellow school buses, alongside buses for other uses. Founded in 193 ...

, a school bus manufacturer, now IC Bus *

Ward's Ward's is an American organization that has covered the automotive industry for over 80 years. The organization is responsible for several publications including, ''Ward's AutoWorld'', and ''Ward's Dealer Business''. Ward's also publish the an ...

, a publisher of ''Ward's AutoWorld'' and ''Ward's Dealer Business'' *

Wards Brewing Company Wards Brewing Company was a brewery based at Sheaf Brewery on Ecclesall Road, Sheffield, England, now a subsidiary of Double Maxim Beer Company. The most famous brand produced was Wards Best Bitter. History Early years In 1837, William Roper ...

, a former English brewery, now a brand operated by Double Maxim Beer Company

Law and law enforcement

Ward (law) In law, a ward is a minor or incapacitated adult placed under the protection of a legal guardian or government entity, such as a court. Such a person may be referenced as a "ward of the court". Overview The wardship jurisdiction is an ancient ...

, someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian *

Watchman (law enforcement) Watchmen were organised groups of men, usually authorised by a state, government, city, or society, to deter criminal activity and provide law enforcement as well as traditionally perform the services of public safety, fire watch, crime preven ...

, a security guard *

Ward (feudal) In medieval and early modern Europe, the term ''tenant-in-chief'' (or ''vassal-in-chief'') denoted a person who held his lands under various forms of feudal land tenure directly from the king or territorial prince to whom he did homage, as opp ...

* Justice Ward (disambiguation)

Names

Ward (surname) Ward is a surname of either Old English or Old Gaelic origin, common in English-speaking countries. The Old English name derives from an occupational surname for a civil guard/keeper of the watch, or alternately as a topographical surname from t ...

Ward (given name) Ward may refer to: People * Ward Armstrong (born 1956), American trial lawyer * Ward Bennett (1917–2003), American designer, artist and sculptor * Ward Beysen (1941–2005), Belgian politician and Freemason * Ward R. Bliss (1855-1905), Pennsylv ...

* Ward, short form of the given names: ** Edward ** Howard **

Hereward Hereward the Wake (Traditional pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɛ.ward/, modern pronunciation /ˈhɛ.rɪ.wəd/) (1035 – 1072) (also known as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile) was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman and a leader of local resist ...

Places

Assal al-Ward Assal al-Ward ( ar, عسال الورد; also spelled Asal el-Ward) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located northeast of Damascus along the Syrian– Lebanese borders. Nearby localities include Ha ...

, Syria *

Ward, Castleknock Ward ( ga, An Bharda) is a civil parish in Fingal, Ireland. It is part of the historical barony of Castleknock. The Ward River, the major tributary of the Broadmeadow River, flows through the area, and probably gave the civil parish its name. ...

, Ireland *

Ward, New Zealand Ward is a small town in Marlborough Region, Marlborough, New Zealand. It is located on New Zealand State Highway 1, State Highway 1, north of Kaikoura. The Flaxbourne River flows past to the north and into the Pacific Ocean at Ward Beach to the ...

Ward Beach Ward Beach is a section of rugged coastline in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand that is known for unusual rock formations. The geological features include the exposed reef platforms that were uplifted by 2m or more during the 2016 Kaikōur ...

, a section of coastline near Ward, NZ

United States

Ward, Alabama Ward is an unincorporated community in Sumter County, Alabama (We dare defend our rights) , anthem = "Alabama" , image_map = Alabama in United States.svg , seat = Montgomery , LargestCity = Huntsville , LargestCounty = Baldwin County ...

Ward, Arkansas Ward is the third most populous city in Lonoke County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 6,052 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock– Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography According t ...

Ward, Colorado Ward is a home rule municipality in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. The population was 150 at the 2010 census. The town is a former mining settlement founded in 1860 in the wake of the discovery of gold at nearby Gold Hill. Once one ...

* Ward, Indiana * Ward, New York * Ward, South Carolina * Ward, South Dakota * Ward, Washington *

Ward, West Virginia Ward is an unincorporated community and coal town in Kanawha County, West Virginia West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American ...

* Ward Reservation, Massachusetts * Ward Township, Todd County, Minnesota *

Ward Township, Hocking County, Ohio Ward Township is one of the eleven townships of Hocking County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 1,183. Geography Located in the far eastern part of the county, it borders the following townships: * Coal Township, P ...

* Ward Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Vessels

* , various United States Navy destroyers * , a U.S. Navy destroyer

Other

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 Royal Armouries Ms. I.33 is the earliest known surviving European ''fechtbuch'' (combat manual ...

, defensive position in the sport of fencing * The Ward (disambiguation) * Ward County (disambiguation) * "Ward", by C418 from '' Minecraft - Volume Beta'', 2013