Ward

  • 51ward — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ open, public (both BrE) ▪ private (BrE) ▪ hospital ▪ inpatient (esp. BrE) ▪ isolation …

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  • 52ward — n. hospital room 1) an emergency; maternity, obstetrics; pediatrics; private (BH) ( not under the National Health Service ) ward 2) in, on a ward (to work in the emergency ward; who works in/on this ward?) * * * [wɔːd] maternity. obstetrics… …

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  • 53Ward 21 — Infobox musical artist Name = Ward 21 Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Birth name = Alias = Born = Died = Origin = flagicon|Jamaica Kingston, Jamaica Instrument = Voice type = Genre = Dancehall, reggae Occupation =… …

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  • 54ward — [[t]wɔ͟ː(r)d[/t]] wards, warding, warded 1) N COUNT A ward is a room in a hospital which has beds for many people, often people who need similar treatment. A toddler was admitted to the emergency ward with a wound in his chest. 2) N COUNT A ward… …

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  • 55Ward 8 — The Ward 8 or variably Ward Eight, is a cocktail originating in 1898 in Boston, Massachusetts at the bar of the Gilded Age restaurant Locke Ober. In 1898 Democratic political czar Martin M. Lomasney hoped to capture a seat in the state s… …

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  • 56Ward — /wawrd/, n. 1. (Aaron) Montgomery, 1843 1913, U.S. merchant and mail order retailer. 2. Artemas /ahr teuh meuhs/, 1727 1800, American general in the American Revolution. 3. Artemus /ahr teuh meuhs/, (Charles Farrar Browne), 1834 67, U.S. humorist …

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  • 57ward — {{11}}ward (n.) O.E. weard a guarding, a watchman, a sentry, from W.Gmc. *wardo (Cf. O.S. ward, O.N. vörðr, O.H.G. wart). Used for administrative districts (at first in the sense of guardianship) from late 14c.; of hospital divisions from 1749.… …

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  • 58ward — /wɔd / (say wawd) noun 1. a division or district of a municipality, city or town, as for administrative or representative purposes. 2. a division of a hospital or the like, as for a particular class of patients: a convalescent ward. 3. each of… …

  • 59ward — Synonyms and related words: Kreis, VA hospital, X ray, acropolis, administration, aegis, archbishopric, archdiocese, armament, armor, arrondissement, asylum, auspices, avert, avoidance reaction, bailiwick, balk, base hospital, bastion, beachhead …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 60ward — [OE] Ward and guard are ultimately the same word. Both go back to a prehistoric West Germanic *wartho ‘watching over’. But whereas guard reached English via Old French, ward is a lineal descendant of the Germanic word. The noun originally meant… …

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