Hayward Definition
hāwôrd
noun
An official in charge of fences or hedges around public pastures, who impounds stray cattle.
Webster's New World
1881, The Antiquary, vol III, p255
The hayward at the same place had an acre of the lord's corn in autumn, always in a certain part of the field.
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1890, Jean Jules Jusserand, English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages, p24
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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pronoun
A surname.
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Other Word Forms of Hayward
Noun
Singular:
hayward
Plural:
haywardsOrigin of Hayward
-
hay + -ward
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