taxgatherer

[ taks-gath-er-er ]

noun

1. a person who collects taxes.

Other Words From

• taxgather·ing noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of taxgatherer¹

1545–55; tax + gatherer ( def )

Example Sentences

Our master gives us a hangman and a taxgatherer; what more should such as we require?

From Project Gutenberg

Even the taxgatherer, who was stout, and wore spectacles and a broadbrimmed hat, had the taxes handed through the grating.

From Project Gutenberg

Deichert, the shoemaker, objected because Bank stood in the front; Groth, the taxgatherer, because Stahl the weaver, who was in the front, always sent the reverse end of the pike into his ribs in levelling bayonets, and he could not put up with it.

From Project Gutenberg

Taxgatherer Jean Tourenq advertised himself as "The Taxpayer's Friend," and every taxpayer who called with a list of complaints found Jean Tourenq eager to join a duet on the evils of the Government.

From Time Magazine Archive

All day long 50,000 census takers, accompanied by police and soldiers, counted heads, took names, ages, religions, professions, native languages spoken, examined for health and applied simple educational tests, while the suspicious populace, quietly submitting to the inquisition, wondered if all the counting of heads was to assist the taxgatherer in his unwelcome rounds.

From Time Magazine Archive