taxgatherer

[ taks-gath-er-er ]

/ ˈtæksˌgæð ər ər /

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noun

a person who collects taxes.

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Origin of taxgatherer

1545–55; tax + gatherer

OTHER WORDS FROM taxgatherer

tax·gath·er·ing, noun

Words nearby taxgatherer

tax-exempt, tax exile, tax expenditure, taxflation, tax-free, taxgatherer, tax haven, tax holiday, taxi, taxicab, taxi dancer

How to use taxgatherer in a sentence

He was a taxgatherer, as Matthew once had been, and had grown rich collecting taxes.
The King Nobody Wanted|Norman F. Langford
Even the taxgatherer, who was stout, and wore spectacles and a broadbrimmed hat, had the taxes handed through the grating.
Dickens As an Educator|James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
They are merchants, and among them are a taxgatherer and one who dealeth in slaves.
Ulric the Jarl|William O. Stoddard
It was the Chancellor who by his attacks on property, adopted "the methods of the Eastern taxgatherer."
The Annual Register 1914|Anonymous

The existing system of rating adopted "the methods of the Eastern taxgatherer."
The Annual Register 1914|Anonymous