revenuer

[ rev-uhn-yoo-er, -uh-noo- ]

nounInformal.
  1. an agent of the U.S. Treasury Department, especially one whose responsibility is to enforce laws against illegal distilling or bootlegging of alcoholic liquor.

Origin of revenuer

1
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; revenue + -er1

Words Nearby revenuer

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use revenuer in a sentence

  • An' that's jes' the way Briscoe planned it: ter send the revenuer down an hour by sun with the dog-cart an' his fine mare.

    The Ordeal | Charles Egbert Craddock
  • We-uns war loaded fur that tricky revenuer, an' Edward Briscoe war kilt by mistake.

    The Ordeal | Charles Egbert Craddock
  • You oughter hev made sure afore ye teched the trigger, Copenny, that he war the revenuer!

    The Ordeal | Charles Egbert Craddock
  • Ef hit's thet infernal ghost-dog revenuer, don't skeer em off—bring em up, quick!

    The Red Debt | Everett MacDonald
  • Sheriff, I've hit thet damn ghost-revenuer ez many times ez yo' see rocks at yore feet thar.

    The Red Debt | Everett MacDonald

British Dictionary definitions for revenuer

revenuer

/ (ˈrɛvɪˌnjuːə) /


noun
  1. US slang a revenue officer or cutter

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012