"tacksman" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1885, Lord Colin Campbell, The Crofter in History",
          "text": "... a numerous class of occupiers who cultivated what would now be considered fair-sized crofts, have entirely disappeared, as well as the tenants and tacksmen who were still higher in the scale.",
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          "text": "MacLeod from Dunvegan, his tacksmen big with vengeance, caught up with the raiders by Ardmore Bay, and none of the MacDonalds was spared.",
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        "A person who holds a tack from another; a tenant."
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        "(Scotland) A person who holds a tack from another; a tenant."
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