abactorn.

Brit.

/əˈbaktə/, U.S.

/əˈbæktər/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abactor.

Etymology: < classical Latin abactor cattle-thief (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius) < abact- , past participial stem of abigere to drive away, specifically to drive away cattle (see abigate v.) + -or -or suffix. Compare earlier abaction n.

A person who steals livestock, esp. herds of cattle, usually by driving the animals away. Also in extended use.

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1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cxliv. 14 Annot.) 696/1 The safety of their herds..from invaders and abactors, whose breaking in..is attended with the cattels..passing through, or going out.

1691 Blount's Νομο-λεξικον (ed. 2) Abactors (abactores) were stealers of Cattle or Beasts, by Herds or great numbers; and were distinguished from Fures.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xliv. 406 The abactores or abigeatores, who drove one horse, or two mares or oxen, or five hogs, or ten goats, were subject to capital punishment.

1829 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) III. 207 The Abactor or Abactor's wife (vide Ainsworth) would suppose she had heard something.

1881 S. M. Hageman Once xiv. 126 They stopped at the door of the pawnshop... There sat the hateful abactor, skilled at agony, and dexterous in the arts of distress.

1895 Homestead (Des Moines, Iowa) 25 Oct. 9/3 If a name were wanted for these organized cattle thieves, how would the African Abactors' Association do?

1918 A. Marlowe Unthrown Stone iv. 88 John Tetzel was the foul abactor's name.

1996 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Free Press (Nexis) 6 Sept. d6 Steal one beef and you're a rustler. Steal a whole herd and you're an ‘abactor’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abactor
释义	abactorn. Brit. /əˈbaktə/, U.S. /əˈbæktər/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin abactor. Etymology: < classical Latin abactor cattle-thief (2nd cent. a.d. in Apuleius) < abact- , past participial stem of abigere to drive away, specifically to drive away cattle (see abigate v.) + -or -or suffix. Compare earlier abaction n. A person who steals livestock, esp. herds of cattle, usually by driving the animals away. Also in extended use. ΚΠ 1659 H. Hammond Paraphr. & Annot. Psalms (cxliv. 14 Annot.) 696/1 The safety of their herds..from invaders and abactors, whose breaking in..is attended with the cattels..passing through, or going out. 1691 Blount's Νομο-λεξικον (ed. 2) Abactors (abactores) were stealers of Cattle or Beasts, by Herds or great numbers; and were distinguished from Fures. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xliv. 406 The abactores or abigeatores, who drove one horse, or two mares or oxen, or five hogs, or ten goats, were subject to capital punishment. 1829 C. Lamb Lett. (1935) III. 207 The Abactor or Abactor's wife (vide Ainsworth) would suppose she had heard something. 1881 S. M. Hageman Once xiv. 126 They stopped at the door of the pawnshop... There sat the hateful abactor, skilled at agony, and dexterous in the arts of distress. 1895 Homestead (Des Moines, Iowa) 25 Oct. 9/3 If a name were wanted for these organized cattle thieves, how would the African Abactors' Association do? 1918 A. Marlowe Unthrown Stone iv. 88 John Tetzel was the foul abactor's name. 1996 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Free Press (Nexis) 6 Sept. d6 Steal one beef and you're a rustler. Steal a whole herd and you're an ‘abactor’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1659
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