forester Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966)
    C. S. Forester; Cecil Scott Forester.
  2. noun someone trained in forestry
    tree farmer; arboriculturist.
  3. adjective situated at or toward the bow of a vessel
    fore.

WordNet

For"est*er noun
Etymology
F. forestier, LL. forestarius.
Definitions
  1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
  2. An inhabitant of a forest. Wordsworth.
  3. A forest tree. R. Evelyn.
  4. (Zoöl.) 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.

Webster 1913