forester
A person who practices forestryA person who practices forestry.
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» I want to be a forester.
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Examples
4 sentencesI want to be a forester.
Both of my grandfathers were foresters.
Tom was a forester.
Meaning
5 sensesA person who practices forestry.
Förster, Försterin
лесни́кlesník, лесни́чийlesníčij
лісни́кlisnýk, лісни́чийlisnýčyj
(Australia)Any of various species of kangaroo that inhabit bushland, especially the eastern grey kangaroo.
A moth in the family Zygaenidae.
More meanings 2
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Lethe, Euphaedra and Harmilla.
(colloquial, obsolete)A person who lives in a forest.
лесно́й жи́тельlesnój žítelʹ
- English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966)
- someone trained in forestry
Origin
Inherited from Middle English forester, a borrowing from Old French forestier, from forestInherited 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: forestersSynonyms
4 synonyms- English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966):C. S. ForesterCecil Scott Forester
- someone trained in forestry:tree farmerarboriculturist
Word family
4 related wordsSee also
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