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taxgatherer

[taks-gath-er-er]

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noun

a person who collects taxes.

Origin of taxgatherer

1545–55; tax + gatherer

Related formstax·gath·er·ing, noun

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Examples from the Web for taxgatherer

Historical Examples of taxgatherer

They are merchants, and among them are a taxgatherer and one who dealeth in slaves.
Ulric the Jarl
William O. Stoddard
He evades neither the taxgatherer nor the recruiting officer.
The Future of Road-making in America
Archer Butler Hulbert
He's gone to be the guest of that miserable, cheating traitor of a taxgatherer!
The King Nobody Wanted
Norman F. Langford
He was a taxgatherer, as Matthew once had been, and had grown rich collecting taxes.
The King Nobody Wanted
Norman F. Langford
No legal machinery existed—no taxgatherer, no justice, no jailer.
Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre
Voltairine de Cleyre