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

Derived 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

The master-forester, or captain for the year, is the maker of the first “gold” at the annual target; he who makes the second is the senior verderer.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

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

"Yes I am" replied the verderer, "and as I suppose that all's right, I shall go and deliver your message."

From The Children of the New Forest by Marryat, Frederick

“Yes, I am,” replied the verderer, “and as I suppose that all’s right, I shall go and deliver your message.”

From The Children of the New Forest by Marryat, Frederick

And Edward walked on till he came to the pitfall; 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