abactor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Late Latin abactor (“cattle rustler”), from abigō (“drive away”); from ab (“from, away from”) + agō (“drive”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

abactor (plural abactors)

  1. (law, obsolete) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler. [Attested from the mid 17th century until the early 19th century.][2]

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References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 3
  2. “abactor” in Lesley Brown, editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 2.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From abigō (“drive away”), from ab (“from, away from”) + agō (“drive”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈbaːk.tor/, [aˈbaːk.tɔr]

Noun

abāctor m (genitive abāctōris); third declension

  1. A cattle thief; abactor or rustler.
  2. A man who abducts.
  3. vocative singular of abāctor

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative abactor abactōrēs
Genitive abactōris abactōrum
Dative abactōrī abactōribus
Accusative abactōrem abactōrēs
Ablative abactōre abactōribus
Vocative abactor abactōrēs

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin abactor.

Pronunciation
  • (Caipira) IPA(key): /aˌbak(i)ˈtoɻ/
  • (Paulista) IPA(key): /aˌbak(i)ˈtoɹ/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /aˌbak(i)ˈtoɾ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐbɐktˈoɾ/
  • Hyphenation: a‧bac‧tor

Noun

abactor m (plural abactores, feminine abactora, feminine plural abactoras)

  1. abactor (cattle thief)

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