gauger

[ gey-jer ]

/ ˈgeɪ dʒər /

noun

a person or thing that gauges.

a worker or inspector who checks the dimensions or quality of machined work.

a customs official, collector of excise taxes, or the like.

Also especially in technical use, gag·er .

Origin of gauger

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Anglo-French word gaugeour.See gauge, -or²

Words nearby gauger

gauffer, gauffering, Gaugamela, gauge, gauge boson, gauger, gauge theory, Gauguin, Gauguin, Paul, Gauhati, Gaul

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Example sentences from the Web for gauger

The work was laborious, the remuneration small, and gauger was a name of contempt.
Robert Burns|Gabriel Setoun
Much of his duty as a gauger lay about the village of Brownhill.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland|Various
Says I to the gauger, who was the principal talker in the room: 'How about those men that Mr. Smith paid off?
The Queen of Hearts|Wilkie Collins
One night Sir Condy was drinking with the excise-man and the gauger, and wagered that he could do it.
The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV.|Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton

There was a stigma also attaching to the name of gauger, that must often have been galling to the spirit of Burns.
Robert Burns|Gabriel Setoun

British Dictionary definitions for gauger

gauger

gager

/ (ˈɡeɪdʒə) /

noun

a person or thing that gauges

mainly British a customs officer who inspects bulk merchandise, esp liquor casks, for excise duty purposes

a collector of excise taxes

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单词	gauger
释义	gauger [ gey-jer ] / ˈgeɪ dʒər / noun a person or thing that gauges. a worker or inspector who checks the dimensions or quality of machined work. a customs official, collector of excise taxes, or the like. Also especially in technical use, gag·er . Origin of gauger First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Anglo-French word gaugeour.See gauge, -or² Words nearby gauger gauffer, gauffering, Gaugamela, gauge, gauge boson, gauger, gauge theory, Gauguin, Gauguin, Paul, Gauhati, Gaul Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for gauger The work was laborious, the remuneration small, and gauger was a name of contempt. Robert Burns\|Gabriel Setoun Much of his duty as a gauger lay about the village of Brownhill. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland\|Various Says I to the gauger, who was the principal talker in the room: 'How about those men that Mr. Smith paid off? The Queen of Hearts\|Wilkie Collins One night Sir Condy was drinking with the excise-man and the gauger, and wagered that he could do it. The World's Greatest Books, Vol IV.\|Editors: Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton There was a stigma also attaching to the name of gauger, that must often have been galling to the spirit of Burns. Robert Burns\|Gabriel Setoun British Dictionary definitions for gauger gauger gager / (ˈɡeɪdʒə) / noun a person or thing that gauges mainly British a customs officer who inspects bulk merchandise, esp liquor casks, for excise duty purposes a collector of excise taxes Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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