woods trotter extraordinaire

[frindle2]

Hello.
Would you please explain what "woods trotter extraordinaire" means?
Does it mean "a person who guides various forest activities for people who visit the woods"? Or "the person who likes to travel to the woods"?
Thank you.

 

[GoesStation]

You'll need to supply some context in order for us to interpret this phrase.

 

[frindle2]

Sorry. It is from a children's book. Sort of acknowledgement.
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For Lindsay, lunch companion and woods trotter extraordinaire.

 

[Rover_KE]

'Extraordinaire' (borrowed from the French for 'extraordinary') is commonly used in English after nouns it qualifies to signify some sort of distinction in that field. Click here.

The adjective follows the noun in accordance with the French custom.

 

[Tdol]

Trotter is not a formal term, so the meaning would be the one that fit the context. Does Lindsay walk in the woods or arrange activities?

 

[frindle2]

Trotter is not a formal term, so the meaning would be the one that fit the context. Does Lindsay walk in the woods or arrange activities?

Sorry, but there is no context. I have no idea about Lindsay here.

 

[Tdol]

OK, either is as good as one of the definitions for me.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Sorry, but there is no context. I have no idea about Lindsay here.

Does the story happen in the woods? If it does, then it means that the book is dedicated to Lindsay, who is very, very good at running around it the woods.

 

[GoesStation]

The quote is from the dedication of a book. The person to whom the book is dedicated knows what woods trotter means, but the book itself is unlikely to offer any clues about that.

My guess is that Lindsay likes to roam in the woods, or possibly go jogging there.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I'm betting it's drawing on the theme of the book, Dedications often do that.

Since Frindle isn't giving us much information, we can only guess. So I did.