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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

Bishop was due to star in a show at the cricket club's grounds in Taunton on 11 September alonside comedians Justin Moorhouse and Sally-Anne Hayward.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Zoox assembles them at a plant in Hayward, Calif., that spans 3½ football fields and has the capacity to produce as many as 10,000 robotaxis a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026

There’s a 14.3% chance that quake would happen on the Hayward fault; a 7.4% chance it would be on the Calaveras fault; and a 6.4% chance it would be on the San Andreas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

They are a big part of life in Hayward, which was founded on the timber industry in 1880.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

Mrs. Hayward, the only halfway decent teacher I had, was pretty cool.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx