noun a forest tree.
2. forester ·noun an inhabitant of a forest.
3. forester ·noun one who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game.
4. forester ·noun 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.