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/ˈheɪwəɹd/ · 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.
Use hayward when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hayward means (historical) One whose occupation involved overseeing the sowing and harvesting of crops as well as protecting the crops from stray people or animals..
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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 […]
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