wardsman

From ward +‎ -s- +‎ man.

wardsman (plural wardsmen)

1. A man who keeps watch; a guard or warden
   • 1821, Sydney Smith, “Prisons”, in Edinburgh Review:

     Wardsmen, selected in each yard among the best of the prisoners, are very serviceable. If prisoners work, they should work in silence

2. Someone who is responsible for representing or managing a specific ward within a city or municipality.

• wardsmaid

• “wardsman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• manwards, Wardmans