Definition of Agistar
{ A*gist"er, 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 guest-
taker. (b) Now, one who agists or takes in
cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer. Mozley &
W.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- One who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.
- 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.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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