agistor

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noun

One who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.

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Meanings

nounagistor (plural agistors)

plural agistors

  1. One who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.
  2. historicalan 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.

Origin

From agist + -or.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Chicago

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