gauger

[ gey-jer ]

/ ˈgeɪ dʒər /

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.

Nearby words

gauffering, gaugamela, gauge, gauge boson, gauge theory, gauger, gauguin, gauguin, paul, gauhati, gaul, gauleiter

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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Examples from the Web for gauger

The work was laborious, the remuneration small, and gauger was a name of contempt.
Robert Burns|Gabriel Setoun
Much of his duty as a gauger lay about the village of Brownhill.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland|Various
Says I to the gauger, who was the principal talker in the room: 'How about those men that Mr. Smith paid off?
The Queen of Hearts|Wilkie Collins
One night Sir Condy was drinking with the excise-man and the gauger, and wagered that he could do it.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV.|Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton

There was a stigma also attaching to the name of gauger, that must often have been galling to the spirit of Burns.
Robert Burns|Gabriel Setoun

British Dictionary definitions for gauger

gauger

gager

/ (ˈɡeɪdʒə) /

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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gauger

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