wardship
English
noun
Definitions
- (chiefly) The state of being a ward of someone.
- (historical) In English feudal law, the guardianship which the lord had of the land of his vassal while the latter was an infant or minor.
Etymology
Suffix from English ward (toward, keeping, ward, direction).
Origin
English
ward
Gloss
toward, keeping, ward, direction
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
向
Emoji
🧭
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bearward English
- beward English
- castleward English
- fireward English
- hayward English
- hogward English
- steward English
- ward English
- wardcorps English
- wardest English
- wardeth English
- wardless English
- wardmate English
- wardmote English
- wardroom English
- wardsman English
- wardswoman English
- whenceward English
- woodward English
- ward Middle English
- ward Manx
- iwodi Zulu
- wot Tok Pisin