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ˈtax-ˌtaker
One who takes or collects taxes; a levier or receiver of taxes.
1610Healey St. Aug. Citie of God ii. xix. 85 Even the very soldiers and taxe-takers themselves would heare and regard well. 1656Earl of Monmouth tr. Boccalini's Advts. fr. Parnass. ii. lxxxii. (1674) 234 Their grievances were encreased by the greedy Tax takers. 1832H. Martineau Each & All iii. 43 We must reach the extreme..of having our whole produce in the hands of land-owners and tax-takers. 1860Dickens Lett. (1880) II. 117 The tax-taker was the authority for the wretched creature's impoverishment. |