01 n. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
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One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
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2.
An inhabitant of a forest.
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A forest tree.[R.]
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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.(Zool.)