Obs. [f. FORESTER + -ESS.] A female forester; a lady fond of hunting.

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1513.  Douglas, Æneis, IX. xi. 28.

        By Alcanor engendrit, that Troiane,
Quham Hybera, the wild foresteres knaw,
Bred and vpbrocht in Jovys haly schaw.

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1647.  R. Stapylton, Juvenal, 272.

        Whole Cities to the Hound, their prayers address,
None to Diana, the fair forrestress.
    Ibid. (1650), Strada’s The History of the Low-Countrey Warres, I. 21. The Governess was much delighted in the sport of Hunting, whereupon they commonly called her the Forestress.

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