ward
nounA room in a hospital usually holding six or more patients.
nounA division in a hospital for the care of a particular group of patients.
nounA division of a city or town, especially an electoral district, for administrative and representative purposes.
nounA district of some English and Scottish counties corresponding roughly to the hundred or the wapentake.
nounOne of the divisions of a penal institution, such as a prison.
nounAn open court or area of a castle or fortification enclosed by walls.
nounA minor or a person deemed legally incompetent.