forester

See also: Forester

English

Etymology

Old French forestier, from forest + -ier, equivalent to forest +‎ -er.

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 . Other members of this genus are called tree browns and wood browns.

Translations

person practicing forestry

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 林務官／林务官, 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)
• Irish: foraoiseoir m
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• Italian: guardaboschi (it) m
• Japanese: 林務官 (りんむかん, rinmukan)
• Norwegian: skogvokter m
• Polish: leśnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: silvicultor m
• Romanian: silvicultor (ro) m, silvicultoare (ro) f
• Russian: лесни́к (ru) m (lesník), лесни́чий (ru) m (lesníčij)
• Swedish: skogsvetare c, skogsmästare c, jägmästare (sv) c, skogsbrukare c, skogvaktare 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
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• 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