The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
agistor — noun a) One who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer. b) Formerly, an officer of the kings forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; hence called gisttaker, which in England is … Wiktionary
Agistor — Officer in charge of *agistment; an officer who watched over the king s forests. Cf. Agist; Forest Assizes … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
agistor — n. one who cares for livestock (Archaic) … English contemporary dictionary
agistor — agis·tor … English syllables
agistor — /ajistar/ See agister agistment … Black's law dictionary
agistor — /ajistar/ See agister agistment … Black's law dictionary
agistor — Same as agister … Ballentine's law dictionary
agistor — noun see agister … Useful english dictionary
Agister — A*gist er, Agistor A*gist or, n. [Anglo Norman agistour.] (Law) (a) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gisttaker — Agister A*gist er, Agistor A*gist or, n. [Anglo Norman agistour.] (Law) (a) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
