Meanings
forester1
nounforester (plural foresters)
plural foresters
- A person who practices forestry.
- colloquialobsoleteA person who lives in a forest.
- AustraliaAny of various species of kangaroo that inhabit bushland, especially the eastern grey kangaroo.
- A moth in the family Zygaenidae.
Forester2
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchforestier
- Middle Englishforester
- Englishforester
Inherited from Middle English forester, a borrowing from Old French forestier, from forest + -ier; equivalent to forest + -er. Displaced native Old English wuduweard.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan guardabosc
- guardaboscperson practicing forestry
Chinese Mandarin 林務官 /林务官
- 林務官 /林务官 (línwùguān)person practicing forestry
Czech lesník
- lesníkperson practicing forestry
Danish skovrider
- skovriderperson practicing forestry
Esperanto arbaristo
- arbaristoperson practicing forestry
Finnish metsänhoitaja, metsäläinen
- metsänhoitajaperson practicing forestry
- metsäläinenperson who lives in a forest
French forestier, forestière
- forestierperson practicing forestry
- forestièreperson practicing forestry
- sylviculteurperson practicing forestry
- sylvicultriceperson practicing forestry
German Förster, Försterin
- Försterperson practicing forestry
- Försterinperson practicing forestry
Greek δασοφύλακας, δασοκόμος
- δασοφύλακας (dasofýlakas)person practicing forestry
- δασοκόμος (dasokómos)person practicing forestry
Hebrew יערן
- יערן (ya'arán)person practicing forestry
Hungarian erdész, erdőőr
- erdészperson practicing forestry
- erdőőrperson practicing forestry
- erdőkerülőperson practicing forestry
- erdőlakóperson who lives in a forest
Indonesian rimbawan, ahli kehutanan
- rimbawanperson practicing forestry
- ahli kehutananperson practicing forestry
Irish foraoiseoir
- foraoiseoirperson practicing forestry
Italian guardaboschi
- guardaboschiperson practicing forestry
Japanese 林務官
- 林務官 (rinmukan)person practicing forestry
Latin saltuārius
- saltuāriusperson practicing forestry
Norwegian skogvokter
- skogvokterperson practicing forestry
Polish leśnik
- leśnikperson practicing forestry
Portuguese silvicultor
- silvicultorperson practicing forestry
Romanian silvicultor, silvicultoare
- silvicultorperson practicing forestry
- silvicultoareperson practicing forestry
- pădureanperson who lives in a forest
- pădureanăperson who lives in a forest
- pădureancăperson who lives in a forest
Russian лесни́к, лесни́чий
- лесни́к (lesník)person practicing forestry
- лесни́чий (lesníčij)person practicing forestry
- лесно́й жи́тель (lesnój žítelʹ)person who lives in a forest
Spanish silvicultor, silvicultora
- silvicultorperson practicing forestry
- silvicultoraperson practicing forestry
Swedish skogsvetare, skogsmästare
- skogsvetareperson practicing forestry
- skogsmästareperson practicing forestry
- jägmästareperson practicing forestry
- skogsbrukareperson practicing forestry
- skogvaktareperson practicing forestry
- skogsfinneperson who lives in a forest
- skogsmanperson who lives in a forest
- skogsbondeperson who lives in a forest
Tagalog dalubgubat
- dalubgubatperson practicing forestry
Turkish ormancı, orman mühendisi
- ormancıperson practicing forestry
- orman mühendisiperson practicing forestry
- ormancıperson who lives in a forest
- yabanperson who lives in a forest
Ukrainian лісни́к, лісни́чий
- лісни́к (lisnýk)person practicing forestry
- лісни́чий (lisnýčyj)person practicing forestry
Welsh fforestwr
- fforestwrperson practicing forestry
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
forester. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forester
MLA
“forester.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forester. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forester,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forester.
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