Meanings
nountax collector (plural tax collectors)
plural tax collectors
- One who has the responsibility for collecting taxes.
After the assessment has been made, the file passes to the tax collector.
Synonyms: taxman
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who has the responsibility for collecting taxes.
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More synonyms by meaning
nounsomeone who collects taxes for the government
Similar
collector of internal revenueinternal revenue agent
Broader
bureaucratadministrative official
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek τελώνης
- τελώνης (telṓnēs)one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Bengali জগাতি
- জগাতি (jogati)one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Bulgarian бирник
- бирник (birnik)one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Chinese Mandarin 收稅員 /收税员, 稽徵員 /稽征员
- 收稅員 /收税员 (shōushuìyuán)one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- 稽徵員 /稽征员 (jīzhēngyuán)one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- 稅吏 /税吏 (shuìlì)one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Dutch belastinginner, tollenaar
- belastinginnerone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- tollenaarone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Finnish verottaja, veroviranomainen
- verottajaone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- veroviranomainenone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- veronkantajaone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
French percepteur, collecteur d'impôts
- percepteurone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- collecteur d'impôtsone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- publicainone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
German Steuereinnehmer, Steuereinnehmerin
- Steuereinnehmerone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- Steuereinnehmerinone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- Zöllnerone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Greek φοροεισπράκτορας
- φοροεισπράκτορας (foroeispráktoras)one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Hawaiian luna ʻauhau
- luna ʻauhauone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Hungarian adószedő
- adószedőone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Icelandic skattheimtumaður
- skattheimtumaðurone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Irish bailitheoir cánach, toibhgheoir
- bailitheoir cánachone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- toibhgheoirone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- fear íocaone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Italian esattore
- esattoreone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Japanese 収税人, 収税吏
- 収税人 (shūzeinin)one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- 収税吏 (shūzeiri)one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Latin exactor, pūblicānus
- exactorone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- pūblicānusone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Māori kaikohi tāke
- kaikohi tākeone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Polish poborca podatkowy
- poborca podatkowyone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Portuguese coletor de impostos
- coletor de impostosone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Russian сбо́рщик нало́гов, сбо́рщица нало́гов
- сбо́рщик нало́гов (sbórščik nalógov)one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- сбо́рщица нало́гов (sbórščica nalógov)one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Spanish recaudador de impuestos, alcabalero
- recaudador de impuestosone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- alcabaleroone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- cobrador impositivoone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Swahili mtoza ushuru
- mtoza ushuruone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Swedish skatteindrivare, skattmas
- skatteindrivareone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
- skattmasone who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Ukrainian збира́ч пода́тків
- збира́ч пода́тків (zbyráč podátkiv)one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Yiddish שטײַער־מאָנער
- שטײַער־מאָנער (shtayer-moner)one who has the responsibility for collecting taxes
Cite this entry
APA
tax collector. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tax%20collector
MLA
“tax collector.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tax%20collector. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tax collector,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tax%20collector.
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