forester

[fawr-uh-ster, for-] /ˈfɔr ə stər, ˈfɒr-/
noun
1.
a person who is expert in forestry.
2.
an officer having responsibility for the maintenance of a forest.
3.
forest ranger.
4.
Zoology. an animal of the forest.
5.
a large, gray kangaroo, Macropus canguru.
6.
any moth of the family Agaristidae, typically black with two yellowish or whitish spots on each wing.
Origin
1250-1300; Middle English < Old French forestier. See forest, -er2

Forester

[fawr-uh-ster, for-] /ˈfɔr ə stər, ˈfɒr-/
noun
1.
C(ecil) S(cott) 1899–1966, English novelist and journalist.
British Dictionary definitions for forester

forester

/ˈfɒrɪstə/
noun
1.
a person skilled in forestry or in charge of a forest
2.
any of various Old World moths of the genus Ino, characterized by brilliant metallic green wings: family Zygaenidae
3.
a person or animal that lives in a forest
4.
(capital) a member of the Ancient Order of Foresters, a friendly society

Forester

/ˈfɒrɪstə/
noun
1.
C(ecil) S(cott) 1899–1966, English novelist; creator of Captain Horatio Hornblower in a series of novels on the Napoleonic Wars
Word Origin and History for forester
n.

late 13c. (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French forestier "forest ranger, forest-dweller" (also, as an adjective, "wild, rough, coarse, unsociable"), from forest (see forest (n.)).