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Ward may refer to:
In businesses
- 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
In designated areas or social units
- Hospital ward, a department, division, floor, or room of a hospital set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example a convalescent or psychiatric ward
- Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a prison
- Ward (electoral subdivision), electoral district or unit of local government
- Wards of Bangladesh
- Wards of Germany
- Wards of Japan
- Wards of Myanmar
- Wards of the United Kingdom
- Wards of the United States
- Ward (KPK), local government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Ward (fortification), part of a castle
- Ward (LDS Church), local congregation
In entertainment, media, and sports
- WARD (AM), a radio station in Petoskey, Michigan
- Ward (band), electronica duo
- Ward (fencing), defensive position in the sport of fencing
- 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
In law and law enforcement
- Ward (law), someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian
- Watchman (law enforcement), a security guard
In names
- Ward (surname)
- Ward, short form of the given name Howard and Edward
In places
- Assal al-Ward, Syria
- Ward, New Zealand
- Ward, Castleknock, Ireland
- United States:
- Ward, Alabama
- Ward, Arkansas
- Ward, California
- Ward, Colorado
- Ward, South Dakota
- Ward, South Carolina
- Ward, New York
- Ward, West Virginia
- Ward Reservation, Massachusetts
- Ward Township, Todd County, Minnesota
- Ward Township, Hocking County, Ohio
- Ward Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania
- Wards of New Orleans
In vessels
- USS Aaron Ward, various United States Navy destroyers
- USS Ward (DD-139), a U.S. Navy destroyer in commission from 1918 to 1921 and from 1941 until sunk in 1944, the first ship to open fire in the Battle of Pearl Harbor
See also
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