gisttaker

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gisttaker - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
         [1913 Webster]