tacksman
UK/ˈtaksmən/
tacksman noun: a person who holds a tack from another; a tenant. Also the obsolete spelling of taxman.
Noun
tacksman (plural tacksmen)
- A person who holds a tack from another; a tenant.
- An old dry-looking fellow then reminded them of the miserly, as he styled him, tacksman of Auchriachan, and how he cheated them out of their lawful share of his property, by using some charms taught him by his old grandmother.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 390
- ... a numerous class of occupiers who cultivated what would now be considered fair-sized crofts, have entirely disappeared, as well as the tenants and tacksmen who were still higher in the scale.1885, Lord Colin Campbell, The Crofter in History
Also used as
tacksman is also the obsolete spelling of taxman.
Forms of tacksman
| plural | tacksmen |
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Origin of tacksman
From tack (“a lease”) + -s- + -man.
See taxman.
Questions about tacksman
- What does tacksman mean?
- Tacksman means a person who holds a tack from another; a tenant.
- What part of speech is tacksman?
- Tacksman is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tacksman?
- Tacksman is pronounced /ˈtaksmən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tacksman?
- The plural of tacksman is tacksmen.
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