AGISTER; AGISTOR

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
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.

2.
n.

Now, one who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer. Mozley & W.


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