hayward

¹ American  

[hey-wawrd] / ˈheɪˌwɔrd /

noun

1. an officer having charge of hedges and fences around a town common, especially to keep cattle from breaking through and to impound stray cattle.

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Hayward ² American  

[hey-werd] / ˈheɪ wərd /

noun

1. Leland, 1902–71, U.S. theatrical producer.

2. a city in central California, SE of Oakland.

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hayward British  

/ ˈheɪˌwɔːd /

noun

1. obsolete a parish officer in charge of enclosures and fences

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Etymology

Origin of hayward

1175–1225; Middle English heiward, equivalent to hei ( e ) hedge, fence ( Old English hege; akin to hedge, haw ³ ) + ward ward

Example Sentences

But as he pulls Hayward hayward, Hayward pulls away.

From Time Magazine Archive

In quite a variety of places we meet with pound-keepers, pound-drivers, and pinders; and the hayward also has been found in as many as fifteen different towns.

From The Customs of Old England by Snell, F. J. (Frederick John)

The parish officers were all elected by the ratepayers assembled in vestry-meeting, except the common driver and hayward, who were elected by the same ratepayers assembled in court leet.

From Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins by Fiske, John

Slave cabins clustered round the homestead of every rich landowner; ploughman, shepherd, goatherd, swineherd, oxherd and cowherd, dairymaid, barnman, sower, hayward and woodward, were often slaves.

From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard