HAYES

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• HAYES (noun)
  The noun HAYES has 2 senses:

1. acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993)

2. 19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893)

  Familiarity information: HAYES used as a noun is rare.

• HAYES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hayes; Helen Hayes

Instance hypernyms:

actress (a female actor)

Sense 2

Meaning:

19th President of the United States; his administration removed federal troops from the South and so ended the Reconstruction Period (1822-1893)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Hayes; President Hayes; Rutherford B. Hayes; Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Instance hypernyms:

Chief Executive; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)

 Context examples 

James came into contact with this fellow Hayes, because the man was a tenant of mine, and James acted as agent.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Didn't Hayes give you the best out of our gardens?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The new paper, led by Alex Hayes at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, finds that Titan's seas follow a constant elevation relative to Titan's gravitational pull — just like Earth's oceans.

(Cassini Finds Saturn Moon Has 'Sea Level' Like Earth, NASA)

He came to the appointment, and found this fellow Hayes with a led pony.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Thanks to the conspirators, the tables were turned that night, for Hayes sent up a wilderness of flowers, with a loverly basket arranged in his best manner for a centerpiece.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It appears—though this James only heard yesterday—that they were pursued, that Hayes struck the pursuer with his stick, and that the man died of his injuries.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I've got to help Amy, so you go and make yourself splendid, and if you'll be so very kind as to let Hayes take a few nice flowers up to the Hall, I'll bless you forever.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

As to Hayes, I say nothing.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I yielded—as I have always yielded—to his prayers, and instantly James hurried off to the Fighting Cock to warn Hayes and give him the means of flight.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I am convinced,” said I, “that this Reuben Hayes knows all about it. A more self-evident villain I never saw.”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)