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for⋅est⋅er

[fawr-uh-ster, for-]
–noun
1. a person who is expert in forestry.
2. an officer having responsibility for the maintenance of a forest.
3. forest ranger.
4. Zoology. an animal of the forest.
5. a large, gray kangaroo, Macropus canguru.
6. any moth of the family Agaristidae, typically black with two yellowish or whitish spots on each wing.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF forestier. See forest, -er 2

For⋅est⋅er

[fawr-uh-ster, for-]
–noun
C(ecil) S(cott), 1899–1966, English novelist and journalist.
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for·est·er   (fôr'ĭ-stər, fŏr'-)   
n.  
  1. One who is trained in forestry.

  2. One that inhabits a forest.

  3. Any of various chiefly black moths of the family Agaristidae.

For·est·er   (fôr'ĭ-stər, fŏr'-)   
British writer known for his adventure novels set during the Napoleonic Wars and featuring Horatio Hornblower.
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