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Meaning of abactor | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˈæˌbæk.tɚ/

Definitions

One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler.

archaic

Translations

Nederlands runderdief veedief
Português abactor abígeo

Examples

“[…] not only from straying, but, as in time of warr, from invaders and abactors […]”
“But yesterday, / it was her husband / Who’d lost his life in the fight / As he beat the abactors back, / Who tried to seize their cattle.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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