taxgatherer
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of taxgatherer
1545–55; tax + gatherer ( def. )
Example Sentences
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The trouble with Levi was that he was a taxgatherer.
From The King Nobody Wanted by Lear, John
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
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)
He evades neither the taxgatherer nor the recruiting officer.
From The Future of Road-making in America by Hulbert, Archer Bulter
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