stentmastern.
/ˈstɛntmɑːstə/, /ˈstɛntmastə/, U.S. /ˈstɛntˌmæstər/, Scottish English /ˈstɛntmastər/ Scottish.
An official appointed to fix the amount of tax payable by the inhabitants of a town or parish.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > taxation > [noun] > fixing amount of tax > one who assesses
taxer1377
taxator1424
gauger1483
sessor1496
cessor1565
modifier1570
stentor1574
layer1602
mise-layer1604
assessor1611
stentmaster1624
list-maker1666
lay-layer1669
lister1682
1624 Extracts Burgh Rec. Glasgow (1876) 342 The said..counsall haif electit Archibald Andersone [and sixteen others] stent maisteris for stenting of the inhabitants of this burgh.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. x. 204 It might weigh down one provost's,..six deacons', besides stent-masters.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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