Meaning

5 senses
  1. A person who practices forestry.

    Förster, Försterin

    лесни́кlesník, лесни́чийlesníčij

    лісни́кlisnýk, лісни́чийlisnýčyj

    someone trained in forestry

  2. (Australia)Any of various species of kangaroo that inhabit bushland, especially the eastern grey kangaroo.

  3. A moth in the family Zygaenidae.

  4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Lethe, Euphaedra and Harmilla.

  5. (colloquial, obsolete)A person who lives in a forest.

    лесно́й жи́тельlesnój žítelʹ

Examples

4 sentences
  1. I want to be a forester.

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  2. Both of my grandfathers were foresters.

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  3. Tom was a forester.

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  4. Tom is a forester.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
person practicing forestry:
Русский
By meaning 2
person practicing forestry:
person who lives in a forest:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
person practicing forestry:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English forester, a borrowing from Old French forestier, from forest

Inherited from Middle English forester, a borrowing from Old French forestier, from forest + -ier; equivalent to forest + -er. Displaced native Old English wuduweard.

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Forms

plural: foresters
Singularforester
Pluralforesters

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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