† forestressn.
Obsolete.
A female forester; a lady fond of hunting.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > huntress
huntressc1405
forestress1513
huntswoman1621
sportswoman1754
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller in forest or wood
forester1513
forestress1513
sylvan1589
woodlander1774
pinelander1838
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. xi. 23 Alcanor..Quham Hybera, the wild foresteres knaw.
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 272 Diana the fair forrestresse.
1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico i. 21 The Governess was much delighted in..Hunting, whereupon they..called her the Forestress.
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