单词 | revenuer |
释义 | revenuern. U.S. regional (chiefly south Midland). Now chiefly historical. A government officer who enforces laws against the illegal distillation of alcohol. ΘΚΠ 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 1877 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 19 July Even the revenue officials, who are called ‘Revenuers’ by the common classes, are deterred from doing their whole duty. 1895 ‘C. E. Craddock’ Mystery Witch-face Mt. 15 The ‘revenuers’..never rode alone. 1928 Amer. Mercury Oct. 178/2 This class thinks every man who comes into the community is a revenuer. 1941 Charlottesville (Va.) Daily Progress 16 Aug. 1/5 The sharp rise in sugar and grain prices, coupled with the increased efforts of the ‘revenooers’ to ferret out the distilling outfits in the mountains have made it too perilous for most of the old-timers. 1974 New Yorker 3 June 43/2 Listen, as long as we're back up here where the revenooers can't get at us, we might as well have a good time. 1995 Southern Living Aug. 72/3 When a revenuer stumbles onto their Okefenokee still, they take him hostage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1877 |
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