exciseman

9.9

A government worker who collects taxes on goods like alcohol

noun
/ˈɛksɪsˌmæn/

Archaic

: recaudador de impuestos

The exciseman arrived at the brewery to inspect the production of beer for tax compliance.

Examples

Mrs. Adams once hoped that her second son would be made an exciseman by Lady Booby, but here the wandering peddler is made a local exciseman.

Academic text (2007)
Mrs. Adams once hoped that her second son would be made an exciseman by Lady Booby, but here the wandering peddler is made a local exciseman.

Academic text (2007)
As an exciseman, his job was to ensure that all imported spirits were correctly taxed.
To avoid legal trouble, the bar owner needed to register with the exciseman before selling alcohol.

Synonyms

tax collector

vsexciseman

13 3.6

A person who takes money from people to pay taxes to the government

specialises in excise tax on goods like alcohol rather than general taxation

taxman

vsexciseman

4 3.1

A government worker who collects taxes from people and businesses

is the formal government role concentrated on excise duties for goods

revenuer

vsexciseman

Archaic

1 9.9

A government official who collects taxes and stops people making illegal alcohol

focuses on routine collection of excise taxes on goods rather than enforcement

internal revenue agent

vsexciseman

Formal

6.5

A government worker who collects taxes from people and businesses

handles excise duties on goods specifically rather than broad national revenue work

collector of internal revenue

vsexciseman

Formal

7.1

A government official who gathers national taxes on income from people and businesses

focuses on goods excise duties rather than mainly income and broad revenues

Surface Forms

exciseman singular

excisemen plural

Morphology

exciseman = excise + man (transparent) = excise + man

A straightforward compound of 'excise' + 'man' meaning a person who deals with excise taxes; the agentive meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word exciseman comes from excise, which itself comes from the Latin parts ex- 'out' and caedere 'to cut'. So an exciseman is a government worker who 'cuts out' a part of a product's price as a tax, especially on things like alcohol.