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Webster 1913 Edition
Agistor
{
, A-gist′er
,A-gist′or
}Noun.
[Anglo-Norman
agistour
.] (Law)
(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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Agistor
AGIST'OR
, or AGISTA'TOR n. An officer of the king's forest, who has the care of cattle agisted, and collects the money for the same; hence called gist-taker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.Definition 2024
agistor
agistor
English
Noun
agistor (plural agistors)
- One who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.
- (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.