taxgatherer

American  

[taks-gath-er-er] / ˈtæksˌgæð ər ər /

noun

1. a person who collects taxes.

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Other Word Forms

• taxgathering noun

Etymology

Origin of taxgatherer

1545–55; tax + gatherer ( def. )

Example Sentences

Even the taxgatherer, who was stout, and wore spectacles and a broadbrimmed hat, had the taxes handed through the grating.

From Project Gutenberg

Deichert, the shoemaker, objected because Bank stood in the front; Groth, the taxgatherer, because Stahl the weaver, who was in the front, always sent the reverse end of the pike into his ribs in levelling bayonets, and he could not put up with it.

From Project Gutenberg

All day long 50,000 census takers, accompanied by police and soldiers, counted heads, took names, ages, religions, professions, native languages spoken, examined for health and applied simple educational tests, while the suspicious populace, quietly submitting to the inquisition, wondered if all the counting of heads was to assist the taxgatherer in his unwelcome rounds.

From Time Magazine Archive

He evades neither the taxgatherer nor the recruiting officer.

From Project Gutenberg

Zacchæus' task was that of a taxgatherer, and when it is remembered that these officials made their wealth by extortion and dishonesty, to say the least, it was suspicious when a taxgatherer was rich.

From Project Gutenberg