Forester
['fɒrɪstə] or ['fɔrɪstɚ]
Definition
(noun.) someone trained in forestry.
(noun.) English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966).
Edited by Kelsey--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
(n.) An inhabitant of a forest.
(n.) A forest tree.
(n.) 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.
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Examples
- Seem I not in this garb as bold a forester as ever blew horn? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- What of your husband, the forester? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Gramercy for thy sack, said Wamba; but think'st thou it is lawful for me to aid you to transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful forester? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- My husband, the forester. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- These woodlands are under the charge of the National Forest Service and cared for by about 3,000 men, of whom 250 are professional foresters. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As the flagon went round, the rough foresters soon lost their awe for the presence of Majesty. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The art of forestry is also being taught in the schools, and a large body of skilled foresters are now in the service of the states and the general government. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- One is uninhabited; the foresters are going to take it down, as soon as the old man who lives in the other is dead, poor old fellow! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
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