Definition of Forester

1. Noun. English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966).

Exact synonyms: C. S. Forester, Cecil Scott Forester
Generic synonyms: Author, Writer

2. Noun. Someone trained in forestry.
Exact synonyms: Arboriculturist, Tree Farmer
Generic synonyms: Farmer, Granger, Husbandman, Sodbuster
Derivative terms: Arboriculture

Definition of Forester

1. n. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.

Definition of Forester

1. Proper noun. (surname from=Middle English dot=) for someone who lived, or worked in a forest ¹

2. Noun. A person who practices forestry. ¹

3. Noun. (obsolete or colloquial) A person who lives in a forest. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Forester

1. one skilled in forestry [n -S]

Medical Definition of Forester

1. 1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game. 2. An inhabitant of a forest. 3. A forest tree. 4. 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. Origin: F. Forestier, LL. Forestarius. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forester

forestallment
forestallments
forestalls
forestals
forestart
forestation
forestations
forestaves
forestay
forestays
forestaysail
forestaysails
foreste
forested
forested areas or land
forester (current term)
foresters
forestes
forestial
forestick
foresticks
forestier's disease
forestiera
foresting
forestkeeper
forestkeepers
forestland
forestlands
forestless
forestlike

Literary usage of Forester

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Poet Lore (1913)
"forester (sits down again).— No one is allowed to talk here except the apprentice ... I was just out in the nursery to take the oak plants as — forester. ..."

2. Forestry Quarterly by New York State College of Forestry (1916)
"THE PROFESSIONAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION OF THE TECHNICAL forester AS SEEN BY THE forester IN SWITZERLAND Translated from La ..."

3. The Development of Forest Law in America: A Historical Presentation of the by Jay P. Kinney (1917)
"A State forester. In California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Kansas, ... This officer is designated as forester except in Maine, New York, ..."

4. Water Rights in the Western States: The Law of Prior Appropriation of Water by Samuel Charles Wiel (1911)
"The preliminary application must be filed with the district forester, consisting (if an application in triplicate on Form 58;'23 a map (with negative or ..."

5. Moral tales for young people by Maria Edgeworth (1806)
""forester was the son of an english gentleman, who had paid some attention to ... Young forester was frank, brave, and generous, but he had been taught to ..."

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