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. (Australia) Any of various species of kangaroo that inhabit bushland, especially the eastern grey kangaroo.
4. A moth in the family Zygaenidae.
5. 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
• proto-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)
• Hebrew: יערן (he) m (ya'arán)
• 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)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: daristanvan (ku) m or f

• Latin: saltuārius m
• Macedonian: шумар m (šumar)
• 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 (hu)
• 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

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.