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verderer

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ver⋅der⋅er

  [vur-der-er]
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–noun
an English judicial officer in the royal forests having charge esp. of the vert, or trees and undergrowth.
Also, ver⋅de⋅ror.

Origin:
1535–45; < AF verderer, OF verd(i)er < L viridārius, equiv. to virid(is) green + -ārius -ary (see -er 2 ); doubling of -er in AF perh. by falsely taking verder as a form of verdure verdure

Related forms:
ver⋅der⋅er⋅ship, noun
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ver·der·er also ver·der·or   (vûr'dər-ər)   
n.  A man serving as an official in charge of the royal forests of medieval England.

[Anglo-Norman, from verd, green, from Latin viridis.]
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