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Agister
UK
/əˈdʒɪstə/
US
/əˈdʒɪstər/
Translation of "agister" into Russian
Definitions
agister
Noun
UK
/əˈdʒɪstə/
US
/əˈdʒɪstər/
A person who takes in livestock to graze on their land for a fee.
The farmer hired an agister to manage the cattle on the pasture during the summer months.
In British forest law, an official responsible for registering and supervising the pasturing of livestock in a royal forest and collecting the associated fees.
The agisters of the New Forest still ride out daily to check the branding on the commoners’ ponies.
agister
Verb
UK
/əˈdʒɪstə/
US
/əˈdʒɪstər/
To accept or place (livestock) to graze on land in return for payment.
During the drought the rancher agreed to agister his neighbour’s sheep on the irrigated meadow.