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arborator

arborator noun: a person who plants, prunes and takes care of trees.

Noun

arborator (plural arborators)

  1. A person who plants, prunes and takes care of trees
    • In the time of this work , our ingenious Arborator should frequently incorporate , mingle , and unite the arins and branches of some young and Mexible trees1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal...

Forms of arborator

pluralarborators

Origin of arborator

Latin, from arbor (“tree”).

Questions about arborator

What does arborator mean?
Arborator means a person who plants, prunes and takes care of trees.
What part of speech is arborator?
Arborator is a noun.
What is the plural of arborator?
The plural of arborator is arborators.

Words near arborator in the dictionary

  1. arbor vines
  2. arbor vitae
  3. arboraceous
  4. arboral
  5. arborary
  6. arborator
  7. arborators
  8. arborcide
  9. Arbore
  10. arboreal
  11. arborealism

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