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wardman

wardman is the alternative form of wardsman.

Meaning of wardsman

Noun

wardsman (plural wardsmen)

  1. A man who keeps watch; a guard or warden
    • Wardsmen, selected in each yard among the best of the prisoners, are very serviceable. If prisoners work, they should work in silence1821, Sydney Smith, “Prisons”, in Edinburgh Review
  2. Someone who is responsible for representing or managing a specific ward within a city or municipality.

Proper noun capitalized: Wardman

Wardman (plural Wardmans)

  1. A surname.

Forms of wardman

Noun
pluralwardmen
Proper noun
pluralWardmans

Origin of wardman

From Old English weardmann (“guard”).

Questions about wardman

What does wardman mean?
Wardman means a surname.
What is wardman the alternative form of?
Wardman is the alternative form of wardsman.
What part of speech is wardman?
Wardman is a proper noun.

Words near wardman in the dictionary

  1. wardlike
  2. Wardlow
  3. Wardlows
  4. wardmaid
  5. wardmaids
  6. wardman
  7. Wardmans
  8. wardmaster
  9. wardmasters
  10. wardmate
  11. wardmates

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wardman (page history and authors); Wardman (page history and authors); wardsman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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