Agister

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  • n. Alternative form of agistor.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. Now, one who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See agistor.
    • Word Usage
    "It is not even certain that he had a degree; for there is really little to identify him with the "M (agister) Saxo" who witnessed the deed of Absalon founding the monastery at Sora."
    Equivalent
    agistor   
    Variant
    gisttaker    guest-taker   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    pasturer   
     
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