Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An officer of the royal forests of England, having the care of cattle agisted, and of collecting the money for the same; one who receives and pastures cattle, etc., for hire.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; apasturer . - noun 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.
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Examples
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Moore, 543 (40 Eliz.); an obscurely reported case, seems to have been assumpsit against an agistor, for a horse stolen while in his charge, and asserts obiter that "without such special assumpsit the action does not lie."
The Common Law Oliver Wendell Holmes 1888
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_ I thought that among so many foresters there might be an agistor.
Gryll Grange Thomas Love Peacock 1825
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Which being echoed in chorus by the other six, they took their departure, much marvelling what the reverend doctor could mean by an agistor.
Gryll Grange Thomas Love Peacock 1825
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1 An agistor was a forest officer who superintended the taking in of strange cattle to board and lodge, and accounted for the profit to the sovereign.
Gryll Grange Thomas Love Peacock 1825
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