Heywood

[ hey-wood ]

noun
  1. John, 1497?–1580?, English dramatist and epigrammatist.

  2. Thomas, 1573?–1641, English dramatist, poet, and actor.

  1. a male given name.

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British Dictionary definitions for Heywood (1 of 2)

Heywood1

/ (ˈheɪˌwʊd) /


noun
  1. a town in NW England, in Rochdale unitary authority, Greater Manchester, near Bury. Pop: 28 024 (2001))

British Dictionary definitions for Heywood (2 of 2)

Heywood2

/ (ˈheɪˌwʊd) /


noun
  1. John. ?1497–?1580, English dramatist, noted for his comic interludes

  2. Thomas. ?1574–1641, English dramatist, noted esp for his domestic drama A Woman Killed with Kindness (1607)

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