forester

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun English writer of adventure novels featuring Captain Horatio Hornblower (1899-1966)
  2. noun someone trained in forestry

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English forester, a borrowing from Old French forestier, from forest + -ier; equivalent to forest + -er. Displaced native Old English wuduweard.

In classic literature

Synonyms

C. S. Forester, Cecil Scott Forester

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