exciseman

American  

[ek-sahyz-muhn, -sahys-] / ˈɛk saɪz mən, -saɪs- /

noun

British.

excisemen plural

1. an officer who collects excise taxes and enforces excise laws.

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exciseman British  

/ ˈɛksaɪzˌmæn /

noun

1. (formerly) a government agent whose function was to collect excise and prevent smuggling

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• excisemen
  plural

Etymology

Origin of exciseman

First recorded in 1640–50; excise ¹ + man

Example Sentences

Indeed, from the time he obtained a situation under government, he gradually began to sink the farmer in the exciseman.

From Life of Robert Burns by Carlyle, Thomas

His wife's father had once been an exciseman.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel

Accepted a position as an exciseman at fifty pounds a year.

From The Real Robert Burns by Hughes, J. L.

He seemed too—but perhaps fancy misled me—as if care-worn and dejected; pained, perhaps, that not one among so many of the great should have humility enough to notice a poor exciseman.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by Wilson, John Mackay

Generally, the exciseman arrived there before the captain, who would find him smoking his pipe over his jug of beer.

From The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. by Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm