English

Alternative forms

• abacter

Noun

abactor ‎(plural abactors)

1. (law, obsolete) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler. [Attested from the mid 17^th century until the early 19^th century.]^[2]

Synonyms

• See Wikisaurus:rustler

Hyponyms

• horse thief, sheepstealer, napper (obsolete)

Translations

Anagrams

• acrobat

References

1. ↑ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 3
2. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 2

Latin

Etymology

From abigō ‎(“drive away”), from ab ‎(“from, away from”) + agō ‎(“drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /abˈak.tor/

Noun

abactor m ‎(genitive abactōris); third declension

1. A cattle thief; abactor or rustler.
2. A man who abducts.
3. vocative singular of abactor

Inflection

Third declension.

Synonyms

• (cattle thief): abigeātor, abigeus

Related terms

Descendants

• English: abactor
• Portuguese: abactor

References

• abactor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ABACTOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin abactor.

Pronunciation

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aˌbak(i)ˈtoɻ/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /aˌbak(i)ˈtoɹ/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˌbak(i)ˈtoɾ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐbɐktˈoɾ/
• Hyphenation: a‧bac‧tor

Noun

abactor m (plural abactores, feminine abactora, feminine plural abactoras)

1. abactor (cattle thief)

Synonyms

• abígeo

Related terms

• abacto