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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

Equivalents

Suomi karjavaras
Latina abactor
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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See also

abaculus abacus Abacuses Abad abada Abadan

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