Definition of "verderer" []

• A man serving as an official in charge of the royal forests of medieval England. (noun)

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• "A verderer was a royal servant paid to enforce the forest laws."
• "For instance, if Gurth, the swineherd, who was now promoted to be a gamekeeper and verderer, brought the account of a famous wild-boar in the wood, and proposed a hunt, Rowena would say,"
• "The verderer came over and said: “Give me the reins.”"