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Noun

1. 1
   One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler. archaic

   "[…] not only from straying, but, as in time of warr, from invaders and abactors […]"

Synonyms

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dufferrustler

Example

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"[…] not only from straying, but, as in time of warr, from invaders and abactors […]"

Etymology

From Late Latin abactor (“cattle rustler”), from abigō (“drive away”); from ab (“from, away from”) + agō (“drive”).

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