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abactor

/ˈæˌbæk.tɚ/ US
/æˈbæk.tɚ/ US

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

noun abactors · abacter

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 […]
Similar: abactor, duffer, rustler

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noun one who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds

Português	abactor, abígeo

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@misc{abactor_2026,
  title = {abactor},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abactor},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}