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Heywood

American  
[hey-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.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 24, 2026

The mother of one of those boys - Alan 'Chinner' Heywood - had directed Virgo to the club off Trafford Road.

From BBC Feb. 4, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 24, 2025

"They didn't come to help, did you ever understand why?" prosecutor Mark Heywood KC asked.

From BBC Nov. 13, 2024

My professor, Linda Heywood, was slight and bespectacled, spoke with a high Trinidadian lilt that she employed like a hammer against young students like me who confused agitprop with hard study.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates

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