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verderership

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ver⋅der⋅er

[vur-der-er]
–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


ver⋅der⋅er⋅ship, noun
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