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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966);
[syn: Forester, C. S. Forester, Cecil Scott Forester]

2. someone trained in forestry;
[syn: forester, tree farmer, arboriculturist]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Forester \For"est*er\, n. [F. forestier, LL. forestarius.] 1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game. [1913 Webster] 2. An inhabitant of a forest. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 3. A forest tree. [R.] --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 4. (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Forester n 1: English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966) [syn: Forester, C. S. Forester, Cecil Scott Forester] 2: someone trained in forestry [syn: forester, tree farmer, arboriculturist]