Home › Words › W › wardmatewardmatewardmate means A patient in the same ward of a hospital.EtymologyFrom ward + mate.nounA patient in the same ward of a hospitale.g.“Turning to cheer a worried wardmate, Kennedy announced they had nothing to fear — only to change his mind an instant later when bullets started coming through the ceiling.” — 2002, Gregory J. W. Urwin, Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island, →ISBN, page 290:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).