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verderer

American

[vur-der-er] / ˈvɜr dər ər /

Or verderor

noun

an English judicial officer in the royal forests having charge especially of the vert, or trees and undergrowth.

verderer British

/ ˈvɜːdərə /

noun

English legal history a judicial officer responsible for the maintenance of law and order in the royal forests

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Other Word Forms

verderership

noun

Etymology

Origin of verderer

1535–45; < Anglo-French verderer, Old French verd ( i ) er < Latin viridārius, equivalent to virid ( is ) green + -ārius -ary ( see -er ²); doubling of -er in Anglo-French perhaps by falsely taking verder as a form of verdure verdure

Example Sentences

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P. 119. occurs the "versiculus," "Perdere quos vult hos dementat;" the source of which some of your contributors have endeavoured to ascertain.

From Notes and Queries, Number 46, September 14, 1850 by Various

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