Meaning of FORESTER
| Pronunciation: | | 'foristur, 'foristur
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- [n] someone trained in forestry
- [n] English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966)
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| | Synonyms: | | arboriculturist, C. S. Forester, Cecil Scott Forester, tree farmer |
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| | See Also: | | author, farmer, granger, husbandman, sodbuster, writer | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | arboriculturist, backwoodsman, briar-hopper, brush ape, bushman, clam digger, conservationist, cracker, desert rat, forest ranger, frontiersman, hillbilly, hinterlander, logger, lumberjack, lumberman, mountain man, mountaineer, piny, ranger, redneck, ridge runner, silviculturist, timberman, tree farmer, wood chopper, woodcraftsman, woodcutter, woodlander, woodman, woodsman |
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