English Explanatory Dictionary

forester

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A person who practices forestry.
  2. A person who lives in a forest.
  3. Any of various species of kangaroo that inhabit bushland, especially the eastern grey kangaroo.
  4. A moth in the family Zygaenidae.
  5. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Lethe, Euphaedra and Harmilla.
name
  1. A surname originating as an occupation for someone who lived, or worked in a forest.
  2. A pupil of Forest School in Walthamstow.
  3. A locality in Dorset council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

forester foresters

Etymology

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

Related words

Forrester Forster

Derived words

agroforester angled red forester bamboo forester blue forester brown forester Ceylon forester common blue-banded forester common Ceres forester common forester common orange forester common pink forester common red forester common Themis forester dull forester elegant forester forester moth forestership forestress gold-banded forester Janetta Themis forester Justicia Themis forester pale forester pallid forester proto-forester rusty forester scarce red forester splendid Themis forester tailed red forester true forester widespread forester Euphaedra medon)
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