What does "forester" mean?
Forester: An inhabitant of a forest. Wordsworth.
Additional senses
- 2.A forest tree. [R.] Evelyn.
- 3.(Zoöl.) 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.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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