foresternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɒr.ɪ.stər/us/ˈfɔːr.ə.stɚ/a person who is in charge of taking care of a forest
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Forestry
- afforestation
- arborist
- brushwood
- cut sth down
- deforestation
- fell
- flitch
- forested
- glade
- grove
- jungle
- logger
- logging
- logjam
- old growth
- saw sth down
- spinney
- the timberline
- tree-lined
- wooded
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Examples from literature
- Anton called the forester to his side, and got much information from him.
- I was a little boy about eleven or twelve years old when the forester hired me.
- The two foresters accordingly set off in pursuit of the stranger.
- We have foresters and hunters.
- Who would have imagined that these wandering foresters should have possessed such a resource?