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Added 9 October 2026

gardener

/ˈɡɑɹd.n̩.ɚ/ noun

In Latin: hortulānus, olitor, olitrīx Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about gardener at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Someone who takes care of a garden.
Someone employed to work in a garden.

Origin

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").

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