| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. An alternative spelling for "Agistor": 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.[Websters]. | |
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"AGISTER" is a common misspelling or typo for: banister, canister, gaiters, magister, agisters, gaiter, aglitter, ganister, glister, gagster, ganisters. |
Date "AGISTER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
Specialty Definition: AGISTER
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Law | 1: AGISTER. 1. One who takes horses or other animals to agist. 2. The agister is not, like an innkeeper, bound to take all horses offered to him, nor is he liable for any injury done to such animals in his care, unless he has been guilty of negligence, or from his ignorance, negligence may be inferred. Holt's R. 457. (references) | 2: Any person or body formally allowed to graze livestock on the land of another person or body (e. g. On State or Federal land). Source: European Union. (references) | |
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