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revenuer

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: R EH1 V AH0 N UW2 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A government official who enforces laws prohibiting the illegal distillation of alcohol.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, historical, regional

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: smuggler, bootlegger, moonshiner, shiner, rum-runner

Broader terms: exciseman

2

noun

Meaning 2

a government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: government agent

History

Etymology

From revenue + -er, reflecting the U.S. Treasury Department's former Bureau of Internal Revenue (a predecessor of the IRS and ATF), because the administrative mechanism for enforcing Prohibition originated in excise tax administration; Wikipedia gives details at Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives § History.