Ward
Pronunciation: /wɔːd/
The English word “Ward” has 3 meanings listed here.
proper noun
- An unincorporated community in Sumter County, Alabama.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Boone County, Indiana.
- An unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington.
Etymology
* As an English surname, from the noun ward and related cognates such as warden, guard etc. * As an Irish surname, reduced from McWard, from mac an bard (“son of the poet”). * As a Jewish surname, adapted from Warshawski, named after Warsaw. Comparable to Warszawski. * As a French surname, Americanized from Guerin.
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