taxgatherer
[taks-gath-er-er]
- a person who collects taxes.
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Historical Examples of taxgatherer
They are merchants, and among them are a taxgatherer and one who dealeth in slaves.
Ulric the JarlWilliam O. Stoddard
He evades neither the taxgatherer nor the recruiting officer.
The Future of Road-making in AmericaArcher Butler Hulbert
He's gone to be the guest of that miserable, cheating traitor of a taxgatherer!
The King Nobody WantedNorman F. Langford
He was a taxgatherer, as Matthew once had been, and had grown rich collecting taxes.
The King Nobody WantedNorman F. Langford
No legal machinery existed—no taxgatherer, no justice, no jailer.
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