English Explanatory Dictionary

gardener

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who gardens; one who grows plants or cultivates a garden.
  2. A coachman who drives badly.
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɑɹd.n̩.ɚ/ /ˈɡɑɹd.nɚ/ /ˈɡɑːd.n̩.ə/ /ˈɡɑːd.nə/ en-us-gardener.ogg

Word forms

gardener gardeners Gardner Gardiner

Etymology

From Middle English gardener, either calqued or loaned from Anglo-Norman and Old Northern French gardinier. See garden, and compare German Gärtner (“gardener”), which is equivalent to a derivative of the German cognate to English garden, Garten (“garden”), + -er. Displaced native Old English wyrtweard (effectively "wortward").

Derived words

gardener bowerbird gardeneress gardenership gardener snake landscape gardener market gardener nongardener undergardener uphill gardener
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