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From: Børge Fogsgaard <>
Subject: RE: [DK] Skovbetjent
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 13:27:32 +0200
In-Reply-To: <000f01c5c678$60b9ed60$ac4366a6@sueschon>


A "Skovbetjent" of 1860 is the same as a "skovløber", which my dictionary
translates to forest guard.
I don't know if that makes sense.
Børge

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Susan Schon [mailto:]
> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 1:08 PM
> To:
> Subject: [DK] Skovbetjent
>
> Hej alle,
>
> Would it be safe to say that a Skovbetjent was a gamekeeper, or is he
> best
> described as a forest ranger? For gamekeeper, I've found the words
> skovløber
> and jagtbetjent. Betjent combined with other words has various
> meanings:
>
> betjent (en -e)
> (politibetjent) policeman, (police) officer,
> (kun engelsk) constable,
> T copper, cop,
> (i tiltale) constable, officer;
> (havebetjent) keeper;
> (jagtbetjent) gamekeeper.
>
> The man whose occupation was Skovbetjent in the 1880 census lived in
> a
> skovhus.
>
> Thank you,
> Sue
>
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