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单词 revenuer
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revenuern.

Brit. /ˈrɛvᵻnjuːə/, U.S. /ˈrɛvəˌn(j)uər/
Forms: see revenue n. and -er suffix1; also U.S. regional 1800s revenyor, 1800s revynor, 1900s– revenooer, 1900s– revenoor.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: revenue n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < revenue n. + -er suffix1. Compare revenue n. 5b, 5c.
U.S. regional (chiefly south Midland). Now chiefly historical.
A government officer who enforces laws against the illegal distillation of alcohol.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > tax collection > [noun] > tax-collector
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exacter1596
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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).
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