Forester : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Forester	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Forester
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Forester n English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966) Synonym(s): Forester, C. S. Forester, Cecil Scott Forester someone trained in forestry Synonym(s): forester, tree farmer, arboriculturist
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Forester \For"ester\, 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.