abactor

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US/ˈæˌbæk.tɚ/US/æˈbæk.tɚ/

noun

One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler.

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dufferrustler
OriginLate Latin abactor →
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Meanings

nounabactor (plural abactors)

plural abactors · alternative abacter

  1. archaiclawOne who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler.

    […] not only from straying, but, as in time of warr, from invaders and abactors […]

    1659, H. Hammond, A Paraphrase and Annotations Upon the Books of the Psalms
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    But yesterday, / it was her husband / Who’d lost his life in the fight / As he beat the abactors back, / Who tried to seize their cattle.

    1992, Okkūr Mācāttiyar, translated by K.G. Seshadri, “Purananuru 279”, in Indian Literature, volume 35, number 149, page 27

    Synonyms: duffer, rustler

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler.

Similar
dufferrustler
Also see
rustler

Origin

  1. Late Latinabactor“cattle rustler”
  2. Englishabactor

From Late Latin abactor (“cattle rustler”), from abigō (“drive away”); from ab (“from, away from”) + agō (“drive”).

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Translations

Bulgarian краде́ц на доби́тък
  • краде́ц на доби́тък (kradéc na dobítăk)one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds
Dutch runderdief, veedief
  • runderdiefone who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds
  • veediefone who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds
Finnish karjavaras
  • karjavarasone who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds
Latin abactor
  • abactorone who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds
Polish złodziej bydła
  • złodziej bydłaone who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds
Portuguese abactor, abígeo
  • abactorone who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds
  • abígeoone who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

acrobat
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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