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forester [ˈfɒrɪstə] n 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) a person skilled in forestry or in charge of a forest 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) (capital) a member of the Ancient Order of Foresters, a friendly society Forester [ˈfɒrɪstə] n
(Biographies / Forester, C(ecil) S(cott) (1899-1966) M, English, WRITING: novelist) C(ecil) S(cott) 1899-1966, English novelist; creator of Captain Horatio Hornblower in a series of novels on the Napoleonic Wars ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| There was once a forester who went into the forest to hunt, and as he entered it he heard a sound of screaming as if a little child were there. The Sheriff arrested the Forester for treason--of which, poor man, he was as guiltless as you or I--and carried him to Nottingham jail. Now the Sheriff of Nottingham swore that he himself would bring this knave Robin Hood to justice, and for two reasons: first, because he wanted the two hundred pounds, and next, because the forester that Robin Hood had killed was of kin to him. |
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