TAXER

taxer

(noun) a bureaucrat who levies taxes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

taxer (plural taxers)

One who taxes.

(UK, Cambridge University) One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed.

Anagrams

• Artex, extra, extra-, retax

Source: Wiktionary


Tax"er, n.

1. One who taxes.

2. One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed. [Camb. Univ., Eng.] [Written also taxor.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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