Hypertext Webster Gateway: "forester"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Forester \For"est*er\, n. [F. forestier, LL. forestarius.]
1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an
officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
2. An inhabitant of a forest. --Wordsworth.
3. A forest tree. [R.] --Evelyn.
4. (Zo["o]l.) A lepidopterous insect belonging to {Alypia}
and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester ({A.
octomaculata}), which in the larval state is injurious to
the grapevine.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Forester
n 1: English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio
Hornblower (1899-1966) [syn: {Forester}, {C. S. Forester},
{Cecil Scott Forester}]
2: someone trained in forestry [syn: {tree farmer}, {arboriculturist}]
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