DCHP-3

forester

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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1n.

a person knowledgeable in forestry who works as a timber cruiser.

Quotations

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. . . ."
2n.

a government employee who looks after forests and Crown lands.

Quotations

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.