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Heywood

American  
[hay-wood] / ˈheɪ wʊd /

noun

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

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

  3. a male given name.


Heywood 1 British  
/ 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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Heywood 2 British  
/ ˈheɪˌwʊd /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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For the foreseeable future, the right answer will be the current style of hybrid with a traditional engine, says James Heywood, who literally wrote the textbook on modern internal combustion engines.

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“Anyone who knows Chauncey Billups knows he is a man of integrity,” attorney Chris Heywood said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025

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