English Explanatory Dictionary

Forster

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An occupational or topographic surname originating as an occupation for someone who worked or lived in a forest.
  2. A coastal town in MidCoast council area, Mid North Coast region, New South Wales, Australia.

Word forms

Forster

Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun forester. * Also as an English surname, borrowed from French fustrier (“blockmaker”), from fustre (“baulk of timber”). * As a French and Norman surname, from Old French forcetier (“cutter”), from forcettes (“scissors”). * As a German surname, spelling variant of Förster and Först (both related to Forst (“forest”)).

Related words

Forester Forrest Forrester Foster

Derived words

Forsterian
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