verderer

American  

[vur-der-er] / ˈvɜr dər ər /

Or verderor

noun

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

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verderer British  

/ ˈvɜːdərə /

noun

1. 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

When will he shout for the glove And the spear of the verderer?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 17, 1917 by Various

And Edward walked on till he came to the pit-fall; there he stopped and looked round, and soon discovered the verderer at a hundred yards’ distance.

From The Children of the New Forest by Marryat, Frederick

"What is the name of the verderer whom I met in the forest?" inquired Edward.

From The Children of the New Forest by Marryat, Frederick

And the story I heard on the spot from an old verderer, who had it from his grandfather, who bore no unimportant part in it—as will be seen.

From News from the Duchy by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

After a few moments' silence, the verderer said, "You tell me you are going to the intendant's house; he is not at home."

From The Children of the New Forest by Marryat, Frederick