abactor en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈæˌbæk.tɚ/ (General-American)
- /æˈbæk.tɚ/ (General-American)
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Etymology
From Late Latin abactor (“cattle rustler”), from abigō (“drive away”); from ab (“from, away from”) + agō (“drive”).
Meanings
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(archaic) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler.
[…] not only from straying, but, as in time of warr, from invaders and abactors […]
1659, H. Hammond, A Paraphrase and Annotations Upon the Books of the Psalms:But yesterday, / it was her husband / Who’d lost his life in the fight / As he beat the abactors back, / Who tried to seize their cattle.
1992, Okkūr Mācāttiyar, translated by K.G. Seshadri, “Purananuru 279”, in Indian Literature, volume 35, number 149, page 27:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| abactors | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| abacter | alternative | lexicographic |
Hyponyms
horse thief · napper · sheepstealer
Synonyms
Translations (8)
nl veedief (one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds) · pt abactor (one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds) · fi karjavaras (one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds) · pl złodziej bydła (one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds) · bg краде́ц на доби́тък (one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds) · la abactor (one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds) · nl runderdief (one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds) · pt abígeo (one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds)