forester

Etymology

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

noun

  1. A person who practices forestry.
  2. (obsolete or colloquial) A person who lives in a forest.
  3. A moth in the family Zygaenidae.
  4. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Lethe. Other members of this genus are called tree browns and wood browns.

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