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arborist

arborist noun: one who practices arboriculture; a tree surgeon.

Noun

arborist (plural arborists)

  1. One who practices 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.”2022, Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You, 4th Estate, published 2023, page 185
    • 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.2025 August 10, Heather Knight, “What Happened When Mark Zuckerberg Moved In Next Door”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    arboriculturist

arborist meaning in Tamil and Malay

arborist in Tamil

மர ஆய்வர்

arborist in Malay

one who practices arboriculture
arboris

Synonyms of arborist

Forms of arborist

pluralarborists

Origin of arborist

From arbor + -ist.

Questions about arborist

What does arborist mean?
Arborist means one who practices arboriculture; a tree surgeon.
What is arborist in Tamil?
Arborist in Tamil is மர ஆய்வர். See Arborist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is arborist?
Arborist is a noun.
What is the plural of arborist?
The plural of arborist is arborists.

Words near arborist in the dictionary

  1. arborisation
  2. arborise
  3. arborised
  4. arborises
  5. arborising
  6. arborist
  7. arborists
  8. arborite
  9. arborization
  10. arborizations
  11. arborize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arborist (page history and authors); arborist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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