Heywood

[hey-wood]

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

/ 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)

Heywood

²

/ ˈheɪˌwʊd /

noun

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

Example Sentences

Prosecutor Mark Heywood said the guilty pleas were "satisfactory" because the bribery charges reflected the criminal activities.

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Ian Steele, of Heywood, Greater Manchester, said he started "shaking like a leaf" when he realised his Euromillions Millionaire Raffle prize was not a mistake.

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"Bank of England policymakers have been warning on inflation and lingering uncertainty, so further rate cutting relief for homeowners looks to be an unlikely outcome from this month's meeting," said Paul Heywood, chief data and analytics officer at credit agency Equifax UK.

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The three rowers ruled out are Matt Heywood - a former under-23 world champion - Molly Foxell and Kate Cowley.

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Mark Heywood KC, defending Alesbrook, said the defendant was "very young and very immature" at the time of the offences, but was "capable of being a very caring father figure".

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