taxgatherer
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of taxgatherer
1545–55; tax + gatherer ( def. )
Example Sentences
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But the taxgatherer," continued Jesus, "went off in a corner where he could hide from people.
From Men Called Him Master by Smith, Elwyn A. (Elwyn Allen)
It is only vanity and folly and vexation of spirit to quarrel with the modern English taxgatherer; you are sure to go the wall, with humiliation and with disgrace.
From The Little Manx Nation - 1891 by Caine, Hall, Sir
They said, "He's gone to be the guest of that miserable, cheating traitor of a taxgatherer!"
From The King Nobody Wanted by Lear, John
"Besides, the best people in Jerusalem might hold it against him that he was a taxgatherer," added James, without thinking how his words sounded.
From Men Called Him Master by Smith, Elwyn A. (Elwyn Allen)
It seems that he had been called upon by the local taxgatherer for his poll-tax, a matter of a dollar and a quarter.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert
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