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woodward en · NOUN

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wodeward, from Old English wuduweard; equivalent to wood + ward.

Meanings

1. (archaic) A warden of a wood.
   • And he is not a comely man, but on the contrary he is exceedingly ill favoured; and he is the woodward of that wood. 1902, The Mabinogion Vol. 1 (of 3):
   • A sergeantry, called woodward of the Lee Baile, was then held by John Throckmorton, Esq. In the reign of Henry VIII. the office of Bleysbale and forestership of fee was filled by William Alberton. 1858, H. G. Nicholls, The Forest of Dean:

Forms

Deriveds

woodwardship