Ward

Ward may refer to:

Division or unit

• Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward
• Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a prison
• Ward (electoral subdivision), electoral district or unit of local government
  • Ward (KPK), local government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Ward (South Africa)
  • Wards of Bangladesh
  • Wards of Germany
  • Wards of Japan
  • Wards of Myanmar
  • Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom
  • Ward (United States)
    • Wards of New Orleans
• Ward (fortification), part of a castle
• Ward (LDS Church), a local congregation of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
• Ward (Vietnam), 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, a fictional character from the American television sitcom Leave It to Beaver
• Warring Adolescents Revenge Division (WARD), organization in The Hardy Boys graphic novels
• Watch and Ward, 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, an online retailer and former department store chain
• Ward Body Works, a school bus manufacturer, now IC Bus
• Ward's, a publisher of Ward's AutoWorld and Ward's Dealer Business
• Wards Brewing Company, a former English brewery, now a brand operated by Double Maxim Beer Company

Law and law enforcement

• Ward (law), someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian
• Watchman (law enforcement), a security guard
• Ward (feudal)
• Justice Ward (disambiguation)

Names

• Ward (surname)
• Ward (given name)
• Ward, short form of the given names:
  • Edward
  • Howard
  • Hereward

Places

• Assal al-Ward, Syria
• Ward, Castleknock, Ireland
• Ward, New Zealand
• Ward Beach, a section of coastline near Ward, NZ

United States

• Ward, Alabama
• Ward, Arkansas
• Ward, Colorado
• Ward, Indiana
• Ward, New York
• Ward, South Carolina
• Ward, South Dakota
• Ward, Washington
• Ward, West Virginia
• Ward Reservation, Massachusetts
• Ward Township, Todd County, Minnesota
• Ward Township, Hocking County, Ohio
• Ward Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania

Vessels

• USS Aaron Ward, various United States Navy destroyers
• USS Ward (DD-139), a U.S. Navy destroyer

Other

• Ward (fencing), defensive position in the sport of fencing

• The Ward (disambiguation)

• Ward County (disambiguation)

• "Ward", by C418 from Minecraft - Volume Beta, 2013

See also

• Warded lock