Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forester

/fˈɔɹəstɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables
forester
IPA
/fˈɔɹəstɚ/
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person who practices forestry.

noun

A person who lives in a forest.

Colloquial; Obsolete

noun

Any of various species of kangaroo that inhabit bushland, especially the eastern grey kangaroo.

Australian usage

noun

A moth in the family Zygaenidae.

noun

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Lethe, Euphaedra and Harmilla.

name

A surname originating as an occupation for someone who lived, or worked in a forest.

name

A pupil of Forest School in Walthamstow.

name

A locality in Dorset council area, north eastern Tasmania, Australia.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English forester, a borrowing from Old French forestier, from forest + -ier; equivalent to forest + -er. Displaced native Old English wuduweard.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

foresters (plural)

Derived Forms

agroforester forestership forestress

Phrases

angled red forester bamboo forester blue forester brown forester Ceylon forester common blue-banded forester common Ceres forester common forester

Frequently Paired Words

Forrester Forster

Synonyms

tree farmer arboriculturist

Homonyms

forrester

Rhymes With

forrester

Questions

How do you pronounce forester?
The recorded pronunciation is /fˈɔɹəstɚ/.
What does forester mean?
A person who practices forestry.
Where does forester come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce forester

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