forester

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: for=est=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

forester, n. [F. forestier, LL. forestarius.].

•  One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.  [1913 Webster]
•  An inhabitant of a forest.  Wordsworth.  [1913 Webster]
•  A forest tree.  Evelyn.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

forester, n.
1 a person in charge of a forest or skilled in forestry.
2 a person or animal living in a forest.
3 (Forester) a member of the Ancient Order of Foresters (a friendly society).

Etymology

ME f. OF forestier (as FOREST)

THESAURUS

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