Ward > define

A person who is under the protection or in the custody of another.
A district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections.
Block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care.
- usage: "they put her in a 4-bed ward"
- synonyms: hospital ward
English economist and conservationist (1914-1981.
- synonyms: Barbara Ward, Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth
English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920.
- synonyms: Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward
United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913.
- synonyms: Montgomery Ward, Aaron Montgomery Ward
A division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells.
- synonyms: cellblock

Watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect.
- usage: "guard my possessions while I'm away"
- synonyms: guard

(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 guard or guardianship; confinement under guard; the condition of a child under a guardian; custody.
(n.) To defend; to protect.
(a.) The act of guarding; watch; guard; guardianship; specifically, a guarding during the day. See the Note under Watch, n., 1.
(n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery.
(n.) To keep in safety; to watch; to guard; formerly, in a specific sense, to guard during the day time.
(n.) A guarding or defensive motion or position, as in fencing; guard.
(n.) A projecting ridge of metal in the interior of a lock, to prevent the use of any key which has not a corresponding notch for passing it.
(n.) One who or that which, is guarded.
(v.i.) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
(n.) A division of a hospital; as, a fever ward.
(n.) A division, district or quarter of a town or city.
(n.) A division of a forest.
(n.) One who or that which, guards; garrison; defender; protector; means of guarding; defense; protection.
(n.) A notch or slit in a key corresponding to a ridge in the lock which it fits; a ward notch.

by Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Ward is a masculine given name