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agistor, agister|əˈdʒɪstə(r)|
[a. Anglo Fr. agistour, f. agister: see agist and -or.]
One who agists. spec. An officer of the royal forests, who takes charge of cattle agisted, and accounts for the money paid for their agistment.
[1327Stat. 1 Edw. 3. viii, Foresters, verdours, regardours, agistours, et autres ministres de mesme le forest.] 1483Cath. Anglic., A gister: Agistator. 1598J. Manwood Lawes of For. xi. §1. (1615) 80/1 The kings Agistors of his Forest..doe receiue and take in the beasts and cattell of euery person. 1812W. Taylor in Month. Mag. XXXIV. 210 A forest has laws and officers of its own as foresters, verdours, rangers, and agisters. 1837W. & M. Howitt Rur. Life v. i. (1862) 357 Agistors also, to look after the agistment of cattle. |