单词 | supervisor of excise |
释义 | > as lemmassupervisor of (the) excise supervisor of (the) excise n. (also with capital initials) British (now historical) an officer responsible for supervising the revenue collectors and other excise officers of a particular area. ΚΠ 1689 London Gaz. No. 2428/4 Captain Robert Bathurst, Collector, and John Gilloway, Supervisor, of Excise. 1724 I. Watts Logick 52 A supervisor of the excise. 1750 C. Leadbetter Royal Gauger (ed. 3) ii. ix. 317 If they are afterwards removed, without a Permit signed by the proper Officer, or Supervisor of Excise,..the said Goods shall be forfeited. 1817 Ann. Reg. 1816 Chron. 3/1 Mr. Dumbreck, supervisor of excise, accompanied by several officers, discovered..an illicit distillery of great extent. 1916 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 26 Aug. 303/1 Surgeon Probationer Gerald S. Freeman..was reported as missing... He was the only son of James M. Freeman, Supervisor of Excise. 2000 C. A. Whatley Sc. Society, 1707–1830 vii. 285 The steep increase in the excise on beer imposed in 1789 (which would explain why the supervisor of the excise was another object of the crowd's fury). < as lemmas |
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