Ward - Definition and Overview

• A ward is a department in a hospital or similar such institution.
• In Australia, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and the United States, a ward is an electoral area of a borough, city, council, county, district, parish, shire or town (Local Government Area).
• In Japan, a ward (ku or 区 in Japanese) is a section of one of the larger cities. See Ward (Japan).
• In law, a ward is someone placed under the protection of a legal guardian.
• In Mormonism, a ward is the name of a local congregation of Latter Day Saints. See Ward (Mormonism).
• In fencing, a ward is a defensive position. See ward (fencing).
• Ward is a town in Allegany County, New York.
• Wards was the popular name for the defunct U.S. department store chain Montgomery Ward.