tax-takern.
One who takes or collects taxes; a levier or receiver of taxes.
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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
1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ii. xix. 85 Euen the very souldiars, and..taxe-takers themselues..would heare and regard well.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) ii. lxxxii. 234 Their grievances were encreased by the greedy Tax takers.
1832 H. Martineau For Each & All iii. 43 We must reach the extreme..of having our whole produce in the hands of land-owners and tax-takers.
1860 C. Dickens Let. 5 June (1997) IX. 259 The tax-taker was the authority for the wretched creature's impoverishment.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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