gardener

== English == === 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"). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑɹd.n̩.ɚ/, /ˈɡɑɹd.nɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːd.n̩.ə/, /ˈɡɑːd.nə/ Hyphenation: gar‧den‧er === Noun === gardener (plural gardeners) One who gardens; one who grows plants or cultivates a garden. (slang, obsolete, derogatory) A coachman who drives badly. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== (coachman): John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Anagrams === deranger, garnered, rangered == Middle English == === Alternative forms === gardenere, gardyner, gardynere, gardiner, garthener, garthynere === Etymology === From Old Northern French gardinier; equivalent to gardyn +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɡardiˈneːr/, /ˈɡardinər/, /ˌɡardəˈneːr/, /ˈɡardənər/ === Noun === gardener (plural gardineris) gardener (one who tends a garden) (figurative) A tender of one's heart. ==== Descendants ==== English: gardener Scots: gairdener, gairdner, gairner ==== References ==== “gardiner, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 16 June 2018.