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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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  1. n. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
  2. n. An inhabitant of a forest.
  3. n. A forest tree.
  4. 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.
  5. n. someone trained in forestry
  6. 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. (Zoöl.) 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.
  7. A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera;as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larvalstate is injurious to the grapevine.
  8. n:100 n. English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966) n. someone trained in forestry