Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who practises arboriculture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who cultivates trees.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person in the practice of
arboriculture ; atree surgeon
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone trained in forestry
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word arboriculturist.
Examples
-
Whether this is possible I am not sufficiently an arboriculturist to say; but Becket certainly sojourned often in the
Highways & Byways in Sussex E.V. Lucas
-
The author's training as a forester and his experience as a professional arboriculturist has peculiarly fitted him to speak in an authoritative and interesting way about trees and woods.
Studies of Trees Jacob Joshua Levison
-
One has not to be arboriculturist or botanist to appreciate the establishment; it is always entertaining, sometimes amusing, and appeals variously to the tastes of visitors.
East of Suez Ceylon, India, China and Japan Frederic Courtland Penfield 1888
-
He is a great gardener and arboriculturist, as you may have heard, for he has travelled much on the
-
But the naturalist, and especially the arboriculturist and fruit-grower, know to their cost of other tricks of the cicada, or rather of Mrs. Cicada, immortalized by
My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873
-
[Footnote] * The Earl of Ducie, who has had very large experience as an arboriculturist, does _not_ hold the view that oaks are benefited by transplanting, if the acorns are sown _in good soil.
Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 George Frisbie Hoar 1865
-
Another work, however, he does mention, evidently that of a practical horticulturist and arboriculturist, probably belonging to a lower status of society than himself.
Sylva, Vol. 1 (of 2) Or A Discourse of Forest Trees John Evelyn 1663
-
At the time, the Phillips family were living in a grace-and-favour apartment in Lauderdale House, owned by Camden Borough Council - for whom Robert Phillips worked as an arboriculturist
Home | Mail Online 2009
-
Upon recommendation of the Urban Forestry Commission, the Council may designate such a tree a "Heritage Tree", provided that the tree’s health aerial space and open ground area for the root system have been certified as sufficient by a qualified arboriculturist.
Saltzman looking for easy way out on Paulson stadiums? (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
-
I don’t mention this on the off-chance you happen to be a keen arboriculturist, by the way, but because they stand precisely where a satellite dish would need to point.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.