forester
/ˈfɔːɹəstə/FAW-ruh-stur
/ˈfɔɹəstɚ/FAW-ruh-stur
Meaningone who looks after a forest
Common meaning: a person in charge of woodland
- foroutside, out of doorsLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 767 · scan
- estnoun ending (Latin -estas)
- eragent ending: one who
Journey through time
- Latinforīs‘outside, out of doors’
- Frenchforest
- Englishforest‘a large wooded area (once outside the walls)’
- Englishformed in English from forestforester‘a person in charge of woodland’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from forest + -er.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), FOREST, p.216 · scan
Roots
- forīs Latin “outside, out of doors”
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