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

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revenuer

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

If there is anything that the mountain-born hates worse than a revenuer, it is a shotgun.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

Such a procedure was depriving a defendant of all constitutional rights, and an effrontery to county jurisprudence, the enormity of which Hatfield could not ascribe to the power of even the wily, murderous revenuer.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

A few minutes after the revenuer and their captive had departed, Orlick crept out from the rocks like a reptile, and warily dodged along in their wake.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

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