verderer

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(vûrdər ər)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ver•der•er  (vûrdər ər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. World Historyan English judicial officer in the royal forests having charge esp. of the vert, or trees and undergrowth.
Also, verde•ror. 
  • Latin viridārius, equivalent. to virid(is) green + -ārius -ary (see -er2); doubling of -er in Anglo-French perh. by falsely taking verder as a form of verdure verdure
  • Anglo-French verderer, Old French verd(i)er
  • 1535–45
verder•er•ship′, n. 


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