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.

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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)

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Heywood ² British  

/ ˈheɪˌwʊd /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

By December 2018, Mr Heywood said messages indicated there was already a "close relationship between the two men".

From BBC • Nov. 21, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

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.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

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