tacksman

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From tack +‎ -s- +‎ -man.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tacksman (plural tacksmen)

  1. (Scotland) A person who holds a tack from another; a tenant.
    • 1885, Lord Colin Campbell, The Crofter in History:
      ... 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.
    • 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley, published 2009, page 13:
      MacLeod from Dunvegan, his tacksmen big with vengeance, caught up with the raiders by Ardmore Bay, and none of the MacDonalds was spared.

Etymology 2[edit]

See taxman.

Noun[edit]

tacksman (plural tacksmen)

  1. Obsolete spelling of taxman
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