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Pronunciation : For"est*er
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. forestier, LL. forestarius.]
Definition : 1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.

2. An inhabitant of a forest. Wordsworth.

3. A forest tree. [R.] Evelyn.

4. (Zo?l.)

Defn: A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913