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.