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ward

/ˈwɔːd/WAWRD
/ˈwɔɹd/WAWRD

Meaningguard

Common meaning: a hospital room

Other meanings: a person in someone’s care; a district

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishweard‘guard, watchman’source
  2. Middle Englishwardsource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsguard, watchman → a hospital roomward‘a hospital room’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English weard ‘guard, keeper; a watch’.

Did you know (A lord was…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry LORD, p. 341 · dictionary scan

Did you know (A steward started…): our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry STEWARD, p. 596 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • weard Old English “guard, keeper; a watch”

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