Meaning of 'agistor'

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Meaning of ‘agistor’

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agistor

(a) Formerly, 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. (b) Now, one who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer. Mozley & W.

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University

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