abactor

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/ˈæˌbæk.tɚ/

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/ˈæˌbæk.tɚ/ · /æˈbæk.tɚ/

Definition of abactor

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noun

(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 […]”
“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.”

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

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