exciseman

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noun

An officer employed to collect excise duty (excise tax), and to enforce excise laws.

Similar
taxman
Opposite
smuggler
OriginMiddle English man ← Old English mann ← Proto-West Germanic *mann →
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Meanings

nounexciseman (plural excisemen)

plural excisemen

  1. An officer employed to collect excise duty (excise tax), and to enforce excise laws.

    Antonyms: smuggler

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn officer employed to collect excise duty (excise tax), and to enforce excise laws.

Opposite
smuggler

More synonyms by meaning

nouna man who collects taxes for the government

Similar
taxman
Broader
tax collectorcollector of internal revenueinternal revenue agentmanadult male
Also see
taxman

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishexcise
  2. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  3. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  5. Old Englishmann
  6. Middle Englishman
  7. Englishexciseman

From excise + -man.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Finnish valmisteverovirkailija
  • valmisteverovirkailijacollector of excise tax
French accisien
  • accisiencollector of excise tax
Irish málfheidhmeannach
  • málfheidhmeannachcollector of excise tax
Italian daziere, gabelliere
  • dazierecollector of excise tax
  • gabellierecollector of excise tax
  • esattorecollector of excise tax
Scottish Gaelic gàidsear
  • gàidsearcollector of excise tax
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APA

exciseman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exciseman

MLA

“exciseman.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exciseman. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exciseman,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exciseman.

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