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See also: Forester
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Middle English forester, a borrowing from Old French forestier, from forest + -ier; equivalent to forest + -er. Displaced native Old English wuduweard.
Noun
[edit]forester (plural foresters)
- (forestry) A person who practices forestry.
- (obsolete or colloquial) A person who lives in a forest.
- (Australia) Any of various species of kangaroo that inhabit bushland, especially the eastern grey kangaroo.
- A moth in the family Zygaenidae.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Lethe. Other members of this genus are called tree browns and wood browns.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]person practicing forestry
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person who lives in a forest
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moth — see zygaenid
Anagrams
[edit]Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French forestier; equivalent to forest + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]forester (plural foresters)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “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.
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- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms suffixed with -er (occupation)
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Forestry
- English terms with obsolete senses
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- Australian English
- en:Macropods
- en:Occupations
- en:People
- en:Satyrine butterflies
- en:Zygaenoid moths
- Middle English terms borrowed from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- Middle English terms suffixed with -er
- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- enm:Forestry
- enm:Hunting
- enm:Occupations