arborist

English

An arborist felling a tree with a chainsaw

Etymology

From arbor +‎ -ist.

Noun

arborist (plural arborists)

1. A person in the practice of arboriculture; a tree surgeon.
   • 2022, Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You, 4th Estate (2023), page 185:

     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.”

   • 2025 August 10, Heather Knight, “What Happened When Mark Zuckerberg Moved In Next Door”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     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.

     (Can we archive this URL?)

Synonyms

• arboriculturist

Translations

arboriculturist — see arboriculturist

Anagrams

• ribroast

Swedish

Noun

arborist c

1. arborist, arboriculturist

Declension

Declension of arborist

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	arborist	arborists
	definite	arboristen	arboristens
plural	indefinite	arborister	arboristers
	definite	arboristerna	arboristernas