tacksman

British  

/ ˈtæksmən /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of tacksman

C16: from _tack ⁴

Example Sentences

And yet he was but a russet-clad peasant—my junior by at least eight years—who was returning from school to assist his father, an humble tacksman, in the labours of the approaching harvest.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by Wilson, John Mackay

In the case of the properties of which you are tacksman or proprietor, the rent, I presume, goes into the debit side of the man's account?-Yes.

From Second Shetland Truck System Report by Guthrie, William

I manage Lady Nicholson's property in Papa, more as a factor for her than as a tacksman.

From Second Shetland Truck System Report by Guthrie, William

Glenlyon and several of his men were taken into the house of a tacksman who was named, from the cluster of cabins over which he exercised authority, Inverriggen.

From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

Fergusson’s mother, Elizabeth Forbes, was the daughter of a Kildrummy tacksman, who by constant tradition is stated to have been of the house of Tolquhon. 

From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)