Forester

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. An inhabitant of a forest. --Wordsworth.


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     3. A forest tree. [R.] --Evelyn.
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     4. (Zool.) 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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Forester
       n 1: English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio
            Hornblower (1899-1966) [syn: {C. S. Forester}, {Cecil
            Scott Forester}]
       2: someone trained in forestry [syn: {tree farmer}, {arboriculturist}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  31 Moby Thesaurus words for "forester":
     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