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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VERDERER, VERDEROR

n.[Low L. viridarius.] An officer in England, who has the charge of the king's forest, to preserve the vert and venison, keep the assizes, view, receive and enroll attachments and presentments of all manner of trespasses.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VERDERER; VERDEROR

Ver "der *er, Ver "der *or, n. Etym: [F. verdier, LL. viridarius, fr. L.viridis green. ] (Eng. Forest Law )

 

Defn: An officer who has the charge of the king's forest, to preserve the vert and venison, keep the assizes, view, receive, and enroll attachments and presentments of all manner of trespasses. Blackstone.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

verderer

ver der er |ˈvərdərər ˈvərdərər | noun Brit. a judicial officer of a royal forest. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin viridis green.

 

Oxford Dictionary

verderer

verderer |ˈvəːd (ə )rə | noun Brit. a judicial officer of a royal forest. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Anglo-Norman French, based on Latin viridis green .