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tax man

tax man is the alternative form of taxman.

Meaning of taxman

Noun

taxman (plural taxmen)

  1. (derogatory, sometimes) A tax collector.
    • Andrew Houſtoun and Adam Muſhet, being Tackſmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year.1668 July 3rd, James Dalrymple, “Thomas Rue contra Andrew Houſtoun” in The Deciſions of the Lords of Council & Seſſion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 547
  2. (derogatory, sometimes) A tax-collecting organ, personified.
    • The taxman’s taken all my dough.
      Left me in my stately home.1966, The Kinks, Sunny Afternoon

Forms of tax man

pluraltax men

Questions about tax man

What is tax man the alternative form of?
Tax man is the alternative form of taxman.

Words near tax man in the dictionary

  1. tax inspectors
  2. tax law
  3. tax laws
  4. tax lot
  5. tax lots
  6. tax man
  7. tax men
  8. tax office
  9. tax offices
  10. tax point
  11. tax points

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