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verderer

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ver·der·er also ver·der·or  (vûrdr-r)
n.
A man serving as an official in charge of the royal forests of medieval England.
[Anglo-Norman, from verd, green, from Latin viridis.]
verderer [ˈvɜːdərə]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) (Business / Professions) English legal history a judicial officer responsible for the maintenance of law and order in the royal forests
[from Anglo-French, from Old French verdier, from verd green, from Latin viridis; compare Latin viridārium plantation of trees]


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Item, that between nones and vespers on the feast of James the Less the said brother John was observed upon the Brockenhurst road, near the spot which is known as Hatchett's Pond in converse with a person of the other sex, being a maiden of the name of Mary Sowley, the daughter of the King's verderer.
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