the.com/arborist
A doctor whose patients can't describe the pain and occasionally drop limbs on your car.
means A trained professional who cares for trees — pruning, diagnosing disease, and managing their health and safety.
from From Latin 'arbor,' meaning tree. English pressed '-ist' onto it to name the specialist, a coinage that only really took root — pun intended — in the 20th century as tree care became a recognized profession rather than just something the guy with a chainsaw did on weekends.
- actual job
- diagnosing and saving sick trees, not just cutting them
- certification
- ISA exam covers biology, not just chainsaws
- danger rank
- one of the most fatal civilian jobs in America
- etymology
- from arbor, latin for tree, obviously