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English → English (gcide) Definition: guest-taker Agister \A*gist"er\, Agistor \A*gist"or\, n. [Anglo-Norman agistour.] (Law) (a) 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. (b) Now, one who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer. --Mozley & W. [1913 Webster]