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Forster

Forster proper noun: an occupational or topographic surname originating as an occupation for someone who worked or lived in a forest.

Proper noun

Forster

  1. An occupational or topographic surname originating as an occupation for someone who worked or lived in a forest.
  2. A coastal town in MidCoast council area, Mid North Coast region, New South Wales, Australia.

Origin of Forster

* As an English surname, from the noun forester. * Also as an English surname, borrowed from French fustrier (“blockmaker”), from fustre (“baulk of timber”). * As a French and Norman surname, from Old French forcetier (“cutter”), from forcettes (“scissors”). * As a German surname, spelling variant of Förster and Först (both related to Forst (“forest”)).

Words formed from Forster

Questions about Forster

What does Forster mean?
Forster means an occupational or topographic surname originating as an occupation for someone who worked or lived in a forest.
What part of speech is Forster?
Forster is a proper noun.

Words near Forster in the dictionary

  1. forstawing
  2. forstaws
  3. forsteal
  4. forstealing
  5. forsteals
  6. Forster
  7. Forster's tern
  8. Forster's terns
  9. Forsterian
  10. forsterite
  11. forsterites

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