Ward
What someone's called
Ward is a surname and occasionally a given name: Montgomery Ward, Artemus Ward.
The name derives from an occupational term for a watchman or guard. (Lowercase ward means a dependent person or a division of a hospital or city.)
watchman
Building security guard
legal guardianship relationship
Wardguardian
Protective caretaker of another
custodian · protector · caretaker · trustee · conservator
- ward offActively prevent approach
- walk-in wardrobeRoom-sized clothes storage
- maternity wardHospital section for childbirth
- hospital wardTreatment division in clinic
- mental wardInpatient psychiatric facility
- warding offActively preventing approach
forward, award, reward, awkward, backward, toward, warden, wardrobe, steward