English Dictionary: forester | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Forester \For"est*er\, n. [F. forestier, LL. forestarius.] 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. --Wordsworth. 3. A forest tree. [R.] --Evelyn. 4. (Zo[94]l.) 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. |