Hayes

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The 19th president of the United States known for ending the Reconstruction period by removing federal troops from the South

proper noun
/heɪz/

: Rutherford B. Hayes

Warren G. Harding, Rutherford B. Hayes, Herbert Hoover... ...and the two Harrisons, Benjamin and William Henry.
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One thing they agreed upon is Hayes would become president.

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Examples

That was President Rutherford B Hayes B stands for Baller.
Every president since Rutherford B. Hayes has used that desk, except, uh, Johnson and Nixon.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Mine is all things like, you know, a statue of Rutherford B Hayes that I purchased.
When it appeared that Hayes had lost, Republicans groused about the candidate's studied silence.

Academic text (1997)
Rutherford B. Hayes served as the 19th President of the United States from 1877 to 1881.
The signature of President Hayes can be found on many historic documents from his administration.
During his presidency, Hayes focused on civil service reform and the end of Reconstruction.

Synonyms

Rutherford B. Hayes

vsHayes

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The 19th President of the United States who ended Reconstruction by removing federal troops from the South

has identical meaning but uses the shorter familiar form

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Hayes likely began as a place name from an old English word meaning 'enclosure' or 'hedge', so it originally named people who lived by a hedged field. A helpful alternative is that it comes from an Irish family name from Aodh meaning 'fire', so you can remember Hayes as either 'by the hedges' or 'of Aodh'.