gauger

[gey-jer]

noun

a person or thing that gauges.

a worker or inspector who checks the dimensions or quality of machined work.

a customs official, collector of excise taxes, or the like.

Also especially in technical use, gag·er.

Origin of gauger

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Anglo-French word gaugeour. See gauge, -or²

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Historical Examples of gauger

"Done," says the gauger; and done and done's enough between two gentlemen.
Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
If you are fanciful, you will be reminded of the gauger in the story.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition
Robert Louis Stevenson
But what d'ye think, my trusty fier, I'm turned a gauger—peace be here!
Robert Burns
Principal Shairp.
Clinton the gauger—may the devil break his neck at any rate!
The Emigrants Of Ahadarra
William Carleton
On going down from Salem to inquire about it, he received another and better appointment as weigher and gauger.
The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Appendix to Volume XII: Tales, Sketches, and other Papers by Nathaniel Hawthorne with a Biographical Sketch by George Parsons Lathrop
George Parsons Lathrop

British Dictionary definitions for gauger

gauger

gager

noun

a person or thing that gauges

mainly British a customs officer who inspects bulk merchandise, esp liquor casks, for excise duty purposes

a collector of excise taxes

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