arborist

noun

Etymology

From arbor + -ist.

  1. derived from herbārium
  2. derived from herba
  3. derived from erbier
  4. inherited from arbour
  5. suffixed as arborist — “arbor + ist

Definitions

  1. A person in the practice of arboriculture

    A person in the practice of arboriculture; a tree surgeon.

    • He took night classes to get certified as an arborist and loved that so few people knew what an arborist did, so he could explain, “I’m a tree doctor.”
    • Mr. Zuckerberg did not attend the meeting, but an architect, a builder and an arborist he had hired tried to convince the board that they were not removing single-family housing stock. The board did not buy it.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA