verderer

or ver·de·ror

[ vur-der-er ]

/ ˈvɜr dər ər /

noun

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

Words nearby verderer

verdandi, verdant, verde, verde river, verdelho, verderer, verdi, verdi, giuseppe, verdict, verdigris, verdigris toadstool

Origin of verderer

1535–45; < Anglo-French verderer, Old French verd(i)er < Latin viridārius, equivalent to virid(is) green + -ārius -ary (see -er²); doubling of -er in Anglo-French perhaps by falsely taking verder as a form of verdure verdure

OTHER WORDS FROM verderer

ver·der·er·ship, noun

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Examples from the Web for verderer

In my own words you certainly would: and so I propose to relate it just as the verderer told it to me.
News from the Duchy|Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The verderer was a judicial officer chosen in full county by the freeholders in the same manner as the coroner.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6|Various
Jacob Armitage served King Charles, who employed him as a verderer in the forest, and paid him his wages.
The Children of the New Forest|Captain Marryat
Windybank, as a verderer, should have remembered this, but weightier matters had driven it from his mind.
Sea-Dogs All!|Tom Bevan

The verderer appeared very indignant at this reply, but after a time said, “Be it so.”
The Children of the New Forest|Captain Marryat

British Dictionary definitions for verderer

verderer

/ (ˈvɜːdərə) /

noun

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

Word Origin for verderer

C16: from Anglo-French, from Old French verdier, from verd green, from Latin viridis; compare Latin viridārium plantation of trees

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