wand A wand is a thin, light-weight rod that is held with one hand, and is traditionally made of wood, but may also be made of other materials, such as metal, bone or stone. Long versions of wands are often styled in forms of staves or sceptres, whi ...

is a thin, straight, hand-held stick of wood, ivory, or metal. Wand may also refer to:

People

Bruce Wands Bruce E. Wands (October 22, 1949 – July 6, 2022) was an American educator, author, artist, and musician, with a specific interest in digital art. As well as art and music, he was interested in creativity in general. Specifically, he was a pionee ...

, an American digital artist and educator *

Günter Wand Günter Wand (7 January 1912, in Elberfeld, Germany – 14 February 2002, in Ulmiz near Bern, Switzerland) was a German orchestra conductor and composer. Wand studied in Wuppertal, Allenstein and Detmold. At the Cologne Conservatory, he was a ...

, a German orchestra conductor and composer * Hart Wand, an early white American blues musician and composer from Oklahoma City * John W C Wand, an Anglican archbishop of Brisbane, Australia * Seth Wand, an American football offensive tackle * Walter Rudi Wand, a German judge *

Wand Bewossen Dejazmach Wand Bewossen (died 10 December 1777) was a prominent figure in Ethiopian history. He was governor of Lasta and later Begemeder. He was on the losing side in the Battle of Nefas Mewcha (1769), but one of the victorious generals in the ...

, a military figure in Ethiopian history *

Wanderlei Silva Wanderlei César da Silva ( , , ; born 3 July 1976) is a Brazilian former mixed martial artist who competed in Japan's Pride Fighting Championships and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He holds the record for the most wins, knockouts, ...

, Brazilian mixed martial artist

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Wand (band) Wand is an American psychedelic rock band from Los Angeles, California, United States, formed in 2013. The band consists of Cory Hanson (vocals, guitar), Robert Cody (guitar), Evan Backer (bass) and Evan Burrows (drums). Since their formation ...

, an American psychedelic rock band *

Wands (band) (stylized as WANDS) is a Japanese rock band formed in 1991 and active until 2000 under the label B-Gram Records. In 2019, the band reunited with a new vocalist, Daishi Uehara, and two former members, Shibasaki and Kimura, under the D-Go recor ...

, a 3-member Japanese rock music group *

Wand Records Wand Records was an American independent record label, started by Florence Greenberg in 1961 as a subsidiary of Scepter Records. Artists on Wand Records included The Isley Brothers, The Kingsmen, Mel Wynn & the Rhythm Aces, Chuck Jackson, and th ...

, a record company *" The W.A.N.D. (The Will Always Negates Defeat)," a song by The Flaming Lips

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WAND (TV) WAND (channel 17) is a television station licensed to Decatur, Illinois, United States, serving the Central Illinois region as an affiliate of NBC. Owned by Block Communications, the station maintains studios on South Side Drive in Decatur, a ...

, an NBC affiliate in Decatur, Illinois *" The Wand", an episode of ''Adventure Time'' on season one DVD * "The Wand" (''The Amazing World of Gumball''), an episode of ''The Amazing World of Gumball'' *

Nyko Wand The Wand is a line of game controllers released by Nyko as third-party alternatives to the official Nintendo Wii Remote. The original Wand duplicated the functionality of the Wii Remote, while the updated Wand+ added internal replication of the ...

, a 3rd-party alternative to the Wii Remote

Erotic

Wand vibrator A wand vibrator is a massaging device which is often also used as a vibrator and a sex toy. It consists of a rounded vibrating ball attached to a handle. The vibration is provided by an electric motor in the handle that rotates an unbalanced fly ...

, a type of vibrator *

Prince's wand The prince's wand (also known as a penis plug) is a piece of body piercing jewelry. It consists of a hollow tube with a threaded cap at the end. The tube is inserted into the urethra, and a stem is inserted through a Prince Albert pierci ...

, a piece of body piercing jewellery *

Violet wand Erotic electrostimulation (abbreviated erotic e-stim and also known as electrosex) is a sexual practice involving the application of electrical stimulation to the nerves of the body, with particular emphasis on the genitals, using a power sourc ...

, a device used for the application of low current, high voltage, high frequency electricity to the body

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Suit of wands The suit of wands is one of four suits in tarot, collectively known as the Minor Arcana. Like the other tarot suits, the suit of wands contains fourteen cards: ace (one), two through ten, page and knight (sometimes referred to as princess and pr ...

, a card suit used in tarot *''

Wand (Wall) ''Wand (Wall)'' is an oil painting by Gerhard Richter executed in 1994. It was in Richter's private collection for over 15 years before he sold it to the Wako Works of Art gallery in Tokyo in 2010. It was sold at Sotheby's Sotheby's ( ) is ...

'', a 1994 painting by Gerhard Richter *

Women's Action for New Directions Women's Action for New Directions or WAND is a volunteer-run progressive non-profit organization in the United States with the objective of "building women's political power to advocate for peace and security". History In the early 1980s, anti- ...

, a nonprofit organization * W And, a variable star

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