Forester \For"est*er\, n. [F. forestier, LL. forestarius.]

1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.

2. An inhabitant of a forest. --Wordsworth.

3. A forest tree. [R.]

--Evelyn.

4. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)