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gisttaker

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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 {guest-taker}.
   (b) Now, one who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a
       certain rate; a pasturer. --Mozley & W.
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