tacksman

/ ˈtæksmən /

noun

1. a leaseholder, esp a tenant in the Highlands who sublets

Word History and Origins

Origin of tacksman¹

C16: from tack ⁴

Example Sentences

So that there is no difference between the former tacksman and his serf except the relative size of their farms?

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The land, say they, is let to the Tacksman at sixpence an acre, and by him to the tenant at ten-pence.

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That was Neil, son of Angus Dubh, the tacksman on the old place, one of my best sergeants.

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The Tacksman is necessarily a man capable of securing to the Laird the whole rent, and is commonly a collateral relation.

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It therefore requires all the tacksman's authority to prevent a practice so pregnant with danger.

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