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taxgatherer
[ taks-gath-er-er ]
noun
- a person who collects taxes.
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Other Words From
- taxgather·ing noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of taxgatherer1
1545–55; tax + gatherer ( def )
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Example Sentences
He was a taxgatherer, as Matthew once had been, and had grown rich collecting taxes.
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Even the taxgatherer, who was stout, and wore spectacles and a broadbrimmed hat, had the taxes handed through the grating.
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They are merchants, and among them are a taxgatherer and one who dealeth in slaves.
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It was the Chancellor who by his attacks on property, adopted "the methods of the Eastern taxgatherer."
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The existing system of rating adopted "the methods of the Eastern taxgatherer."
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