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woodward

woodward noun: a warden of a wood.

Noun

woodward (plural woodwards)

  1. (archaic) A warden of a wood.
    • A sergeantry, called woodward of the Lee Baile, was then held by John Throckmorton, Esq. In the reign of Henry VIII. the office of Bleysbale and forestership of fee was filled by William Alberton.1858, H. G. Nicholls, The Forest of Dean
    • And he is not a comely man, but on the contrary he is exceedingly ill favoured; and he is the woodward of that wood.1902, The Mabinogion Vol. 1 (of 3)

Proper noun capitalized: Woodward

Woodward

  1. A surname.
  2. A small city in Dallas County, Iowa, United States.
  3. A city, the county seat of Woodward County, Oklahoma, United States.
  4. A census-designated place in Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  5. Three townships, in Clearfield County, Clinton County and Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.

woodward meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Punjabi and Gujarati

woodward in Tamil

காடு காக்குநர்

woodward in Urdu

ووڈورڈ

woodward in Punjabi

ਵੁੱਡਵਰਡ

woodward in Gujarati

વુડવર્ડ
More languagesFewer languages
woodward in Nepali
वुडवार्ड, वुडवर्ड

Forms of woodward

pluralwoodwards

Origin of woodward

Inherited from Middle English wodeward, from Old English wuduweard; equivalent to wood + ward.

Occupational surname from woodward.

Words formed from woodward

Questions about woodward

What does woodward mean?
Woodward means a warden of a wood.
What is woodward in Tamil?
Woodward in Tamil is காடு காக்குநர். See Woodward meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is woodward?
Woodward can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of woodward?
The plural of woodward is woodwards.

Words near woodward in the dictionary

  1. Woodview
  2. Woodville
  3. woodwall
  4. woodwalls
  5. Woodwalton
  6. woodward
  7. Woodward County
  8. Woodward-Hoffmann rules
  9. woodwardia
  10. Woodwardian
  11. woodwardias

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Adapted from Wiktionary: woodward (page history and authors); Woodward (page history and authors); woodward (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); woodward (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woodward (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woodward (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); woodward (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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