Ward Definition
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An English occupational surname for a guard or watchman.
(intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
Origin of Ward
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From Middle English ward, warde, from Old English weard (“watching, ward, protection, guardianship; advance post; waiting for, lurking, ambuscade"), from Proto-Germanic *wardō (“protection, attention, keeping"), an extension of Germanic stem *wara- "attentive" (English wary, beware), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to cover"). Cognate with German Warte (“watchtower"), warten (“wait for"); English guard is a parallel form which came via Old French.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English ward, from Old English weard (“keeper, watchman, guard, guardian, protector; lord, king; possessor"), from Proto-Germanic *warduz (“guard, keeper"), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend"). Cognate with German Wart.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English warden, from Old English weardian (“to watch, guard, keep, protect, preserve; hold, possess, occupy, inhabit; rule, govern"), from Proto-Germanic *wardōnÄ… (“to guard"), from Proto-Indo-European *wer- (“to heed, defend").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English action of guarding from Old English weard a watching, protection wer-3 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English from Old English -weard wer-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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ME -werd < OE -weard < base of weorthan, to become: see worth
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
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Germanic, cognate with a/to ward, warden, guard etc.
From Wiktionary
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