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Exciseman

noun

(pl. excisemen)

Someone who collects taxes for the government. Synonyms: collector of internal revenue, internal revenue agent, tax collector, taxman.

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"Exciseman" Quotes from Famous Books

... if you want to do it in the grand manner," answered Frederick, "I'll arrange for the saucy little cutter, the sequestered cove an' the hard-riding exciseman with a cocked hat and cutlass. But the simpler if less picturesque way is to dump your bag on the counter at the Customs House and be taken with a fit of sneezing when the Grand Inquisitor asks you if ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 21st, 1920 • Various

Words linked to "Exciseman" : administrative official, collector of internal revenue, bureaucrat, taxman, tax collector, internal revenue agent