Meanings
plural arborists
- One who practices arboriculture; a tree surgeon.
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.”
2022, Jonathan Escoffery, If I Survive You, 4th Estate, published 2023, page 1851 more example
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.
2025 August 10, Heather Knight, “What Happened When Mark Zuckerberg Moved In Next Door”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCSynonyms: arboriculturist
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who practices arboriculture; a tree surgeon.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna specialist in treating damaged trees
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan arboricultor, arboricultora
- arboricultorone who practices arboriculture
- arboricultoraone who practices arboriculture
Chinese Mandarin 植樹家 /植树家
- 植樹家 /植树家 (zhíshùjiā)one who practices arboriculture
Finnish puunhoitaja
- puunhoitajaone who practices arboriculture
French arboriculteur
- arboriculteurone who practices arboriculture
Greek δενδροκόμος
- δενδροκόμος (dendrokómos)one who practices arboriculture
Malay arboris
- arborisone who practices arboriculture
Māori kaitiaki rākau
- kaitiaki rākauone who practices arboriculture
Portuguese arborista, arboricultor
- arboristaone who practices arboriculture
- arboricultorone who practices arboriculture
- arboricultoraone who practices arboriculture
Romanian arboricultor, arboricultoare
- arboricultorone who practices arboriculture
- arboricultoareone who practices arboriculture
Russian арбори́ст, арбори́стка
- арбори́ст (arboríst)one who practices arboriculture
- арбори́стка (arborístka)one who practices arboriculture
Spanish arboricultor, arboricultora
- arboricultorone who practices arboriculture
- arboricultoraone who practices arboriculture
Swedish arborist
- arboristone who practices arboriculture
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Cite this entry
arborist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arborist
“arborist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arborist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “arborist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/arborist.
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