taxgatherer

[ taks-gath-er-er ]

noun

1. a person who collects taxes.

Other Words From

• taxgather·ing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of taxgatherer¹

1545–55; tax + gatherer ( def )

Example Sentences

He was a taxgatherer, as Matthew once had been, and had grown rich collecting taxes.

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Even the taxgatherer, who was stout, and wore spectacles and a broadbrimmed hat, had the taxes handed through the grating.

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They are merchants, and among them are a taxgatherer and one who dealeth in slaves.

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It was the Chancellor who by his attacks on property, adopted "the methods of the Eastern taxgatherer."

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The existing system of rating adopted "the methods of the Eastern taxgatherer."

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