Hayward
pronunciation
How to pronounce Hayward in British English:
UK ['heiwəd]
How to pronounce Hayward in American English:
US
Word Origin
- Hayward
- proper name, from Old English hege-weard "guardian of the fence/hedge" (see hedge (n.) + ward (n.)). His original duties seem to have been protecting the fences around the Lammas lands, when enclosed, to prevent cattle from breaking in while the crops grew.
Example
- 1. Then-ceo tony hayward said he wanted his life back , when 11 workers had died on the horizon rig .
- 2. Mr. hayward sought to move beyond bp 's troubled past .
- 3. Hayward started at bp as a rig geologist in 1982 .
- 4. Tony hayward , bp chief executive , yesterday said oil supply was exceeding current energy demand .
- 5. But the alternative to successful persuasion is unthinkable from mr hayward 's point of view : the slow destruction of bp and the betrayal of all those men who put on the protective clothes and turn the valves .