forster
/fˈɔɹstɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An occupational or topographic surname originating as an occupation for someone who worked or lived in a forest.
name
A coastal town in MidCoast council area, Mid North Coast region, New South Wales, Australia.
Etymology
* As an English surname, from the noun forester. * Also as an English surname, borrowed from French fustrier (“blockmaker”), from fustre (“baulk of timber”). * As a French and Norman surname, from Old French forcetier (“cutter”), from forcettes (“scissors”). * As a German surname, spelling variant of Förster and Först (both related to Forst (“forest”)).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: fustrier, -, forcetier