| Forester 1. (n.) One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game. 2. (n.) An inhabitant of a forest. 3. (n.) A forest tree. 4. (n.) 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. Thesaurus Entries arboriculturist, backwoodsman, briar-hopper, brush ape, bushman, clam digger, conservationist, cracker, desert rat, forest ranger, frontiersman, hillbilly, hinterlander, logger, lumberjack, lumberman, mountain man, mountaineer, piny, ranger, redneck, ridge runner, silviculturist, timberman, tree farmer, wood chopper, woodcraftsman, woodcutter, woodlander, woodman, woodsman |