hayward

¹

[ hey-wawrd ]

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.

Hayward

²

[ hey-werd ]

noun

1. Leland, 1902–71, U.S. theatrical producer.
2. a city in central California, SE of Oakland.

hayward

/ ˈheɪˌwɔːd /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of hayward¹

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

Example Sentences

A new court filing by PG&E alleges that in exchange for these kickbacks, the employees provided lucrative clean-up jobs to Hayward-based Bay Area Concrete Recycling.

From ProPublica

The majority of the team’s rotation players have been part of more efficient units with Hayward than without him — some by significant margins.

From FiveThirtyEight

How the 19-year-old Ball and the 30-year-old Hayward will mesh is anybody’s guess.

From Washington Post

In 2017, Hayward agreed to join the Celtics and reunite with his former college coach, Brad Stevens, in what was one of that summer’s biggest gets of free agency.

From Washington Post

Clinic police dragged Hayward out of the house to the driveway.

From ProPublica

Instead, the film focuses specifically on Hayward and her family, stripped of overt political messages or loaded debates.

From The Daily Beast

Now that Hayward has fully transitioned there are new prohibitions regarding what she cannot do in religious settings.

From The Daily Beast

In fact, Transmormon closes not with Hayward, but her father saying that he would not be okay if she were resurrected as a man.

From The Daily Beast

In the process, 25-year-old Hayward has become a transgender poster child, at least to Mormons.

From The Daily Beast

“I was terrifyingly aware of the fact that my father was vocally against that lifestyle when I came out,” Hayward tells me.

From The Daily Beast

He held the car to a hurry-home pace that was well within the law, and worked into the direct route to Hayward.

From Project Gutenberg

The colored porter of the depot, Shepherd Hayward, went out on the bridge to hunt for Williams.

From Project Gutenberg

Hayward managed to crawl to the baggage room where he died at noon on Monday.

From Project Gutenberg

Corner and Hayward sent to reconnoitre the beach, to discover a landing-place.

From Project Gutenberg

They perfectly recollected Mr. Hayward, and seemed to shrink from him.

From Project Gutenberg