agistor

agistor

English

Etymology

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English agist
English -or
English agistor

    From agist + -or.

    Noun

    agistor (plural agistors)

    1. One who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.
    2. (historical) an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.

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