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. === Pronunciation === === Noun === forester (plural foresters) 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 genera Lethe, Euphaedra and Harmilla. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === forester on Wikipedia.Wikipedia forester (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === 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) A forester; a forest warden. Synonym: wodeward 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.