taxgatherer
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- taxgathering noun
Etymology
Origin of taxgatherer
1545–55; tax + gatherer ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Even the taxgatherer, who was stout, and wore spectacles and a broadbrimmed hat, had the taxes handed through the grating.
From Dickens As an Educator by Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)
He was a taxgatherer, as Matthew once had been, and had grown rich collecting taxes.
From The King Nobody Wanted by Lear, John
Saint Matthew, one of the twelve Apostles, who from being a publican, that is, a taxgatherer, was called by our Saviour to the Apostleship: in that profession his name is Levi.
From The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament by Anonymous
They said, "He's gone to be the guest of that miserable, cheating traitor of a taxgatherer!"
From The King Nobody Wanted by Lear, John
By steadiness in our present course there is no reason why in a few short years the national taxgatherer may not disappear from the door of the citizen almost entirely.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 7, part 1: Ulysses S. Grant by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
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