forester

forester

See also: Forester

English

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

forester (plural foresters)

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.

Derived terms

• Justicia Themis forester

Translations

person practicing forestry

Catalan: guardabosc (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 林務官／林务官 (línwùguān) Chukchi: умкынъюльын (umkynʺjulʹyn), умкыгынрыритыльын (umkygynryritylʹyn) Czech: lesník (cs) m Danish: skovrider c Esperanto: arbaristo Finnish: metsänhoitaja (fi) French: forestier (fr) m, forestière (fr) f, sylviculteur (fr) m, sylvicultrice (fr) f German: Förster (de) m, Försterin (de) f Greek: δασοφύλακας (el) m (dasofýlakas) Hungarian: erdész (hu), erdőőr (hu), erdőkerülő (hu) Ingrian: metsäherra Irish: foraoiseoir m Italian: guardaboschi (it) m Japanese: 林務官 (りんむかん, rinmukan) Latin: saltuārius m Middle English: forester, wodeward Norwegian: skogvokter m Old English: wuduweard m Piedmontese: guardabòsch m Polish: leśnik (pl) m Portuguese: silvicultor m Romanian: silvicultor (ro) m, silvicultoare (ro) f Russian: лесни́к (ru) m (lesník), лесни́чий (ru) m (lesníčij) Spanish: silvicultor m, silvicultora f Swedish: skogsvetare c, skogsmästare c, jägmästare (sv) c, skogsbrukare c, skogvaktare (sv) c Tagalog: dalubgubat Turkish: ormancı (tr), orman mühendisi (tr) Ukrainian: лісни́к m (lisnýk), лісни́чий m (lisnýčyj) Welsh: fforestwr m

person who lives in a forest

Finnish: metsäläinen (fi) Hungarian: erdőlakó Romanian: pădurean (ro) m, pădureană (ro) f, pădureancă (ro) f Russian: лесно́й жи́тель m (lesnój žítelʹ) Swedish: skogsfinne c (colloquial pejorative), skogsman c, skogsbonde c Turkish: ormancı (tr), yaban (tr)

moth — see zygaenid

Anagrams

• Foerster, fosterer, reforest

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• fforester, fforster, ffoster, forrester, forster, forstere, foster, fostere

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French forestier; equivalent to forest +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfɔrisˈteːr/, /ˈfɔristər/, /fɔ(r)sˈteːr/, /ˈfɔ(r)stər/

Noun

forester (plural foresters)

1. A forester; a forest warden.

   Synonym: wodeward

2. A huntsman; one who hunts.

Descendants

• English: forester (obsolete foster)
• Scots: forester

References

• “forstē̆r, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “foster, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.