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.

Origin of verderer

1
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 verdureverdure

Other words from verderer

  • ver·der·er·ship, noun

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How to use verderer in a sentence

  • The chief officers were known as foresters, verderors, woodwards, and agisters.

    The Dukeries | R. Murray Gilchrist

British Dictionary definitions for verderer

verderer

/ (ˈvɜːdərə) /


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

Origin of verderer

1
C16: from Anglo-French, from Old French verdier, from verd green, from Latin viridis; compare Latin viridārium plantation of trees

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