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单词 tacksman
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tacksmann.

Brit. /ˈtaksmən/, U.S. /ˈtæksmən/, Scottish English /ˈtaksmən/
Forms: Also 1500s–1800s tax-, 1600s taxs-.
Etymology: < tack's, possessive of tack n.2 + man n.1
Scottish.
One who holds a tack or lease of land, a watermill, coal-mines, fisheries, tithes, customs, or anything farmed or leased; a lessee; esp. in the Highlands, a middleman who leases directly from the proprietor of the estate a large piece of land which he sublets in small farms.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > leaseholder or tenant
kindly tenanta1325
tenant1377
mailer1392
farmer1414
renter1444
takerc1450
fee-farmer1468
lessee1495
mail-man?a1500
tacksman1533
land-tenant1543
rentaller1553
fermerera1572
tenementer1574
mail-payer1597
inholdera1599
feu-farmer1609
leaseholder1858
leaser1877
1533 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 148 Gif thair be ony takkis~men of the tovne that dissentis to the paiment of thir settis, that thai salbe dischargit of thair takkis.
1563 Inchaffray Reg. (Bannatyne) 83 Our lait cousing David Lord Drummond and Dame Lilias Ruthven his spous as takismen of the Abbacie of Inchaeffray.
1627 Rep. Parishes Scotl. (Bannatyne) 2 William Erle of Angus taxman off the haill personag teinds of the Barronj.
1630 in Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot. (1896) XXX. 58 The takismen and custumeris of the saidis impostis of wynnes.
1680 St. Andrew's Town Council Minute-bk. 23 Dec. 86 Impouring him quarterlie to receave from the taxsmen of Costomes the tak deutie payable for the saidis Costomes.
1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 196 Next in dignity to the Laird is the Tacksman.
1791 ‘T. Newte’ Prospects & Observ. Tour 125 The Tacksmen of the Highlands were usually descendants of those heads of families of whom they held their lands.
1794 Sporting Mag. 3 50 Mr. Richard Graham, tacksman of the fishery of J. C. Curwen.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. xx. 305 Tacksmen, as they were called, who occupied portions of his estate as..lessees. View more context for this quotation
1887 Times (Weekly ed.) 25 Feb. 9/3 In Munster or Connaught, the tacksmen who covenanted directly with the lairds might deal as they pleased with their sub-tenants.

Derivatives

ˈtacksˌwoman n. a female holder of a tack.
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society > law > legal right > right of possession or ownership > tenure of property > one who has tenure > [noun] > leaseholder or tenant > woman
tackswoman1585
1585 Exch. Rolls Scotl. XXI. 583 The dewtie of the kirk of Kinros awand be Agnes Leslie, ledie Lochlewin, taxis~woman thairof.
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