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单词 exactor
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exactorn.

Brit. /ᵻɡˈzaktə/, /ɛɡˈzaktə/, U.S. /ɪɡˈzæktər/, /ɛɡˈzæktər/
Forms: Also Middle English exactoure, Middle English–1600s exactour, 1600s exactore.
Etymology: < Latin exactor, agent-noun < exigĕre : see exact v. and -or suffix. Compare exacter n.
1. One who exacts: (in Latin senses)
a. An officer who levies or collects tribute, taxes, or customs; a tax-collector. archaic.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [noun] > tax-collector
catchpoleOE
publicanc1175
tallagerc1400
leviera1513
vectigal1535
renter?1536
task-gatherer1552
exactor1570
uptaker1576
exacter1596
mise-gatherer1597
taxer1603
tax-taker1610
raiser1611
summonitor1617
summonisterc1625
riding officer1675
zamindar1683
tax-gatherer1693
desai1698
amildar1761
amil1763
collector1772
tax-master1796
tehsildar1799
taxman1803
tax-receiver1830
tax-collector1833
the taxes1874
revenuer1877
revenue1880
levyist1923
T-man1938
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. f. 365v/2 The Popes exactours went about to extort from the Churchmen the fift part of their goodes.
1611 Bible (King James) Isa. lx. 17 I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactours righteousnesse. View more context for this quotation
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 3) I. iii. 99 (note) The word [Reeve], under the form of Grieve, has changed from a public to a private exactor.
b. An officer of justice (see quot.). Obsolete.
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society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > [noun] > other specific officers of justice
exactora1425
marshal1611
centgrave1647
custos rotulorum1683
custos1739
awarder1826
protocol1865
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Deut. xvi. 18 (margin) Exactours ben thei that enqueren the truthe bi mesurable betingis and turmentis; and performen the sentence of iugis.
1582 Bible (Rheims) Luke xii. 58 Lest..the iudge deliuer thee to the exactour [1611 officer] and the exactour cast thee into prison.
c. One whose duty it is to enforce the performance of work; a taskmaster.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman > taskmaster
taskmaster1530
tasker1598
task-lord1606
exactor1609
task-man1856
task-officer1859
1609 Bible (Douay) I. Exod. v. 6 He commanded in that day the overseers of the workes and the exactores of the people.
1611 Bible (King James) Job xxxix. 7 Neither regardeth he the cry of the driver [margin. exactor] . View more context for this quotation
2. One who makes illegal or unjustifiable exactions; an extortioner, oppressor.
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the mind > possession > taking > extortion > [noun] > one who
wringera1300
askera1325
extortionerc1375
exactor1382
scaffer?a1513
shaver1534
caterpillar1541
bloodsucker?1555
suck-purse1586
griper1587
extortor1590
exacter1596
extorter1605
barathrum1609
wreather1648
shark1713
vampire1741
bleeder1846
flayer1865
extortionist1885
Shylock1894
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Zech. ix. 8 The exactoure, or the vniust axer, shal na more passe vpon hem.
1577 H. Rhodes Bk. Nurture (new ed.) sig. E.iiv Bee not an exactour of another man.
1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 672 Prouided..he become not prodigal, which would soone make him an exactor.
1650 tr. N. Caussin Angel of Peace 45 No force of treasure is comparable to the greedinesse of the exactours themselves.
1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. v. vii. 604 Whatever it was the pleasure of the exactor to take.
1833 I. Taylor Fanaticism v. 108 The warfare against ghostly exactors.
3. One who demands, lays claim to, or insists upon (something) as a matter of right; often with the added notion of excess. Const. of.
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society > authority > strictness > [noun] > exactingness > exacting person
exacter1561
exactora1620
ball-breaker1950
society > authority > subjection > obedience > compulsion > [noun] > compelling the fulfilment or performance of > one who
exacter1561
exactora1620
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. vi. §2. 42 As they reposed great Religion in an oath, in respect of the Actor: so did they likewise, in respect of the Exactor.
1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη 146 The will of my Enemies seems to be their onely rule..their success the exactor of what they please to call justice.
1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa ii. iii. 197 He was then an exactor of certain punctilioes.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 193. ⁋6 There are unmerciful exactors of adulation, who withhold the wages of venality.
1828 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 37 218 So severe an exactor of accuracy..ought to be more observant of it himself.
1875 ‘A. R. Hope’ My Schoolboy Friends 10 As the exactor of tasks.
figurative.1642 J. Eaton Honey-combe Free Justific. 83 Moses his Law is a severe exactor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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