hayward
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- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 7
/ˈheɪwəɹd/
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/ˈheɪwəɹd/ · /ˈheɪwə(ɹ)d/
Definition of hayward
11 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(historical)One whose occupation involved overseeing the sowing and harvesting of crops as well as protecting the crops from stray people or animals.
“[…] it was held that this was not indictable, for till the horse got to the pound the hayward was merely acting as the servant of the owner of the land […]”
“The hayward at the same place had an acre of the lord's corn in autumn, always in a certain part of the field.”
“A horn, such as our man wears, was always worn by a hayward, who used to blow it to warn off people from straying in the crops.”
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noun
-
(historical)One whose occupation involved overseeing the sowing and harvesting of crops as well as protecting the crops from stray people or animals.
“[…] it was held that this was not indictable, for till the horse got to the pound the hayward was merely acting as the servant of the owner of the land […]”
“The hayward at the same place had an acre of the lord's corn in autumn, always in a certain part of the field.”
“A horn, such as our man wears, was always worn by a hayward, who used to blow it to warn off people from straying in the crops.”
- A kiwifruit variety.
name
- A surname originating as an occupation.
- A male given name.
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A place in the United States:
“Oakland Privacy, a citizen activist group, said the Kaiser parking lots in Vallejo, Oakland, Union City, Hayward, and San Leandro have two dozen plate readers.”
- A place in the United States:
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Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From hay + ward.
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