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agister
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agister, n. [Anglo-Norman agistour.].
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 . Mozley & W. [1913 Webster]
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