hayward

plural haywards

1. historicalOne whose occupation involved overseeing the sowing and harvesting of crops as well as protecting the crops from stray people or animals.

   The hayward at the same place had an acre of the lord's corn in autumn, always in a certain part of the field.

   1881, The Antiquary, volume III, page 255

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   […] 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 […]

   1877, William Oldnall Russell, Charles Sprengel Greaves, George Sharswood, A Treatise on Crimes and Misdemeanors, page 571

   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.

   1890, Jean Jules Jusserand, English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages, page 24

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. A male given name.
3. A place in the United States:
   1. A city in Alameda County, California. Former spellings include Haywood.

      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.

      2023 December 1, Da Lin, “Privacy advocates accuse Kaiser of not following state law on license plate readers”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2024

   2. A minor city and township in Freeborn County, Minnesota.
   3. A census-designated place in Pemiscot County, Missouri.
   4. An unincorporated community in Garfield County, Oklahoma.
   5. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon.
   6. A city, the county seat of Sawyer County, Wisconsin.
   7. A town in Sawyer County, Wisconsin, surrounding the city of the same name.

plural Haywards

1. A kiwifruit variety.