different between abactor vs abator

English

Alternative forms

• abacter

Etymology

From Late Latin abactor (“cattle rustler”), from abig? (“drive away”); from ab (“from, away from”) + ag? (“drive”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ?bæk.t?/, /æ?bæk.t?/

Noun

abactor (plural abactors)

1. (law, obsolete) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler. [Attested from the mid 17^th century until the early 19^th century.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:rustler

Hyponyms

• horse thief, sheepstealer, napper (obsolete)

Translations

References

Anagrams

• CATOBAR, acrobat

Latin

Etymology

From abig? (“drive away”), from ab (“from, away from”) + ag? (“drive”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?ba?k.tor/, [ä?bä?kt??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?bak.tor/, [??b?kt??r]

Noun

ab?ctor m (genitive ab?ct?ris); third declension

1. A cattle thief; abactor or rustler.
2. A man who abducts.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (cattle thief): abige?tor, abigeus

Related terms

Descendants

• ? English: abactor
• ? Portuguese: abactor

References

• abactor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abactor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin abactor.

Pronunciation

• (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a?bak(i)?to?/
• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /a?bak(i)?to?/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /a?bak(i)?to?/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?b?kt?o?/
• Hyphenation: a?bac?tor

Noun

abactor m (plural abactores, feminine abactora, feminine plural abactoras)

1. abactor (cattle thief)

   Synonym: abígeo

Related terms

• abacto

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??be?t.?/, /??be?t.?/

Etymology 1

From abate (“to enter without right after the owner dies and before the heir takes over”) +? -or. From Anglo-Norman.

Noun

abator (plural abators)

1. (law) a person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee [Mid 16^th century.]

Translations

Etymology 2

From abate (“do away with”) +? -or. From Middle English, from Old French.

Noun

abator (plural abators)

1. (law) one who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance [Late 16^th century.]

Translations

Related terms

• abatement

References

• abator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• Tabora, rabato, robata

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aba?t?r/

Verb

abator

1. future infinitive of abatar

Romanian

Etymology

From French abattoir

Noun

abator n (plural abatoare)

1. abattoir

Declension