Noun: forester for-u-stur [N. Amer], fó-ri-stu(r) [Brit]
- A specialist in the cultivation and care of trees
"The forester developed a plan for sustainable logging in the national park";
- arboriculturist
- Official in charge of a forest, especially a royal forest
"Medieval foresters enforced the king's hunting laws"
- English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966)
- C. S. Forester, Cecil Scott Forester
Derived forms: Foresters, foresters
Type of: author, farmer, granger [US], sodbuster [N. Amer], writer
Encyclopedia: Forester, Tasmania