Word Meaning

forester definition and meaning

n. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
n. An inhabitant of a forest.
n. A forest tree.
n. A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine.