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hay·ward (hā′wôrd′)

noun

Now Rare an official in charge of fences or hedges around public pastures, who impounds stray cattle

Etymology: ME heiward < hei, hedge (< OE hege, akin to haga, haw & < OFr haie < Frank *hagja, cognate with OE hege) + ward, a guardian: see ward

Hayward definition

Hay·ward (hā′wərd)

Etymology: after W. Hayward, local postmaster

city in W Calif.: suburb of Oakland: pop. 140,000

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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