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  hayward

  noun

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

  noun

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

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

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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 F. J. (Frederick John) Snell

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 John Richard Green

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 John Fiske

Matt Hudson-Smith was fifth in the 400m, well off Botswana's world champion Collen Kebinatshipi, while Jake Hayward, running in his Wales vest, was eighth in a captivating 1500m race.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

“I think it’s an important discussion and debate. I’m open to argument, interested in evidence,” Newsom said when asked about the debate at an Aug. 19 event in Hayward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

The Hayward fault’s most memorable earthquake in recorded history was an estimated magnitude 6.8 in 1868.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

But will she choose Mr. Ryder, the libertine with a hangup about marriage, or Mr. Hayward, the tortured empath who recites poetry to her in a hidden garden?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026

But Baba was long dead, buried in the Afghan section of a little cemetery in Hayward.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini