verderer

or ver·de·ror

[ vur-der-er ]

noun

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

verderer

/ ˈvɜːdərə /

noun

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

Other Words From

• verder·er·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of verderer¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of verderer¹

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

Example Sentences

Jacob Armitage served King Charles, who employed him as a verderer in the forest, and paid him his wages.

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The verderer appeared very indignant at this reply, but after a time said, “Be it so.”

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The verderer was a judicial officer chosen in full county by the freeholders in the same manner as the coroner.

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Windybank, as a verderer, should have remembered this, but weightier matters had driven it from his mind.

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In my own words you certainly would: and so I propose to relate it just as the verderer told it to me.

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