revenuer

American  

[rev-uhn-yoo-er, -uh-noo-] / ˈrɛv ənˌju ər, -əˌnu- /

noun

Informal.

1. an agent of the U.S. Treasury Department, especially one whose responsibility is to enforce laws against illegal distilling or bootlegging of alcoholic liquor.

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revenuer British  

/ ˈrɛvɪˌnjuːə /

noun

1. slang a revenue officer or cutter

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Etymology

Origin of revenuer

An Americanism dating back to 1875–80; revenue + -er ¹

Example Sentences

One crisis came when Grandfather John Canada Jenkins, a revenuer known to his friends as "Can," came to Tellico Plains with his second bride.

From Time Magazine Archive

In his private time capsule, the arrival of the mail and the ice peddler or�evil day �the revenuer become the rituals of an obscure epoch.

From Time Magazine Archive

Often they consolidated into one compact darkish background, against which would develop the satanic, puffed visage of the revenuer who had done this thing.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

He regards the "revenuer" as the representative of acute and cruel injustice and oppression.

From In Old Kentucky by Marshall, Edward

Ef hit's thet infernal ghost-dog revenuer, don't skeer em off—bring em up, quick!

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett