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abactors

abactors is the plural of abactor.

Meaning of abactor

Noun

abactor (plural abactors)

  1. (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 […]1659, H. Hammond, A Paraphrase and Annotations Upon the Books of the Psalms
    Synonyms:
    duffer, rustler

Questions about abactors

What is abactors the plural of?
Abactors is the plural of abactor.

Words near abactors in the dictionary

  1. abacters
  2. abactinal
  3. abactinally
  4. abaction
  5. abactor
  6. abactors
  7. abaculi
  8. abaculus
  9. abacus
  10. abacuses
  11. Abad

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