abactor
noun/ˈæˌbæk.tɚ/US
Etymology
From Late Latin abactor (“cattle rustler”), from abigō (“drive away”); from ab (“from, away from”) + agō (“drive”).
- derived from abactor
Definitions
One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves
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 […]
- 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.
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