"agistor" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: agistors [plural]
Etymology: From agist + -or. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|agist|-or|text=+|tree=1}} From agist + -or. Head templates: {{en-noun}} agistor (plural agistors)
  1. One who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.
    Sense id: en-agistor-en-noun-~tMtr3Ag Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 51 49 Disambiguation of Occupations: 53 47
  2. (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. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-agistor-en-noun-zIAgS5xB Categories (other): English entries referencing ambiguous etymons, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 54 46 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 55 45 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 51 49 Disambiguation of Occupations: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: agistment

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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