forester

Meaning

1. A person who practices forestry.
2. (colloquial, obsolete) 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, Euphaedra and Harmilla.

Synonyms

forest-guard

ranger

woodman

arboriculturist

forest ranger

hunter

forest dweller

forestry officer

tree farmer

woodsman

forest ranger

backwoodsman

silviculturist

inhabitant of a forest

gamekeeper

savage

bushman

Translations

Förster

guardabosque

guardia forestale

forestier

δασοφύλακας

silvicultor

forestale

ormancı

guardabosques

guarda-florestal

silvicultor

δασοκόμος

Forstmann

guardabosc

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: forester

In summary

Inherited from Middle English forester, a borrowing from Old French forestier, from forest + -ier; equivalent to forest + -er. Displaced native Old English wuduweard.