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Agister; Agistor
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. 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.
2. Now, one who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer. Mozley & W.