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taxmen

taxmen is the plural 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

Questions about taxmen

What is taxmen the plural of?
Taxmen is the plural of taxman.

Words near taxmen in the dictionary

  1. taxless
  2. taxlessly
  3. taxlessness
  4. taxlike
  5. taxman
  6. taxmen
  7. taxo-
  8. taxocene
  9. taxocenes
  10. taxocenose
  11. taxocenoses

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