Dictionary Check: ward

English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)

a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another

English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920)

a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections

United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)

block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care