noun
Meaning 1
A tax collector.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, sometimes
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
taxman
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: tăksʹmăn
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtæksmæn/
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UK: tăksʹmăn
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UK: /ˈtaksman/
noun
Meaning 2
A tax-collecting organ, personified.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, sometimes
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who collects taxes for the government
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tax collector, exciseman, collector of internal revenue, internal revenue agent
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bureaucrat, administrative official
History
Etymology
From tax + man.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Azerbaijani: vergiçi — derogatory term for tax collector
- Bulgarian: бирник (birnik) — derogatory term for tax collector
- Danish: væsenet — derogatory term for tax collector
- Danish: skattefar — derogatory term for tax collector
- Finnish: verokarhu — derogatory term for tax collector
- Greek: εφοριακός (eforiakós) — derogatory term for tax collector
- Polish: poborca podatkowy — derogatory term for tax collector
- Swedish: taxmannen — derogatory term for tax collector
- Swedish: mas — derogatory term for tax collector