tollman

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noun

A man who receives or collects a toll.

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Meanings

nountollman (plural tollmen)

plural tollmen

  1. A man who receives or collects a toll.

    And now the turnpike gates again Flew open in short space, The tollmen thinking, as before, That Gilpin rode a race

    1782 (date written), William Cowper, “The Diverting History of John Gilpin, […]”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], published 1785, →OCLC

Origin

From toll + -man.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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