"taxman" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtæksmæn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈtaksman/ [UK] Forms: taxmen [plural]
enPR: tăksʹmăn [Received-Pronunciation], tăksʹmăn [UK] Etymology: From tax + man. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|tax|man}} tax + man Head templates: {{en-noun|taxmen}} taxman (plural taxmen)
  1. (sometimes derogatory) A tax collector. Tags: derogatory, sometimes Categories (topical): Male people, Taxation Translations (derogatory term for tax collector): vergiçi (Azerbaijani), бирник (birnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), væsenet (Danish), skattefar (Danish), verokarhu (Finnish), εφοριακός (eforiakós) (Greek), taxmannen (Swedish), mas [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-taxman-en-noun-hIwqMwJc Disambiguation of Male people: 54 46 Disambiguation of Taxation: 93 7 Disambiguation of 'derogatory term for tax collector': 99 1
  2. (sometimes derogatory) A tax-collecting organ, personified. Tags: derogatory, sometimes Categories (topical): Male people, Occupations
    Sense id: en-taxman-en-noun-1XM2YPM- Disambiguation of Male people: 54 46 Disambiguation of Occupations: 41 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tax collector, tacksman [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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