- exciseman
- noun Date: 1647 an officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise under British law
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
exciseman
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Exciseman — Ex*cise man, n.; pl. {Excisemen}. An officer who inspects and rates articles liable to excise duty. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
exciseman — index assessor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
exciseman — [ek′sīz΄man΄] n. pl. excisemen [ik′sīz΄men΄] in Great Britain, a government official who collects excises and enforces the laws concerning them … English World dictionary
exciseman — /ek suyz meuhn, suys /, n., pl. excisemen. Brit. an officer who collects excise taxes and enforces excise laws. [1640 50; EXCISE1 + MAN1] * * * … Universalium
exciseman — noun An officer employed to collect excise duty (excise tax), and to enforce excise laws … Wiktionary
exciseman — n. one who collects excise taxes (British) … English contemporary dictionary
exciseman — noun (plural excisemen) Brit. historical an official who collected excise duty and prevented smuggling … English new terms dictionary
exciseman — ex·cise·man … English syllables
exciseman — / eksaɪzmæn/ noun a person who works in the Excise Department … Dictionary of banking and finance
exciseman — n. (pl. men) Brit. hist. an officer responsible for collecting excise duty … Useful english dictionary
