forester

Forester
    n 1: English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain
         Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966) [syn: {Forester}, {C. S.
         Forester}, {Cecil Scott Forester}]
    2: someone trained in forestry [syn: {forester}, {tree farmer},
       {arboriculturist}]
    

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.
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   2. An inhabitant of a forest. --Wordsworth.
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   3. A forest tree. [R.] --Evelyn.
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   4. (Zool.) 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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31 Moby Thesaurus words for "forester":
      arboriculturist, backwoodsman, briar-hopper, brush ape, bushman,
      clam digger, conservationist, cracker, desert rat, forest ranger,
      frontiersman, hillbilly, hinterlander, logger, lumberjack,
      lumberman, mountain man, mountaineer, piny, ranger, redneck,
      ridge runner, silviculturist, timberman, tree farmer, wood chopper,
      woodcraftsman, woodcutter, woodlander, woodman, woodsman