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forester

• 1 n. a person knowledgeable in forestry who works as a timber cruiser.

  See also: timber-cruiser  

  • 1922  The lumberman is not a forester and never will be.
  • 1956  "He had his forester, Pemberton, go over the list and check the titles at the county records office. . . ."

• 2 n. a government employee who looks after forests and Crown lands.

  • 1956  If only Belile will leave us alone a few days till that chief forester gets back!
  • 1964  The first of these open-air snowmobiles was the Skidoo, originated by the late Armand Bombardier of Valcourt, Que., seven years ago and intended to make life easier for trappers, foresters, and Arctic missionaries.