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revenuer

noun

Etymology

From revenue + -er, reflecting the U.S. Treasury Department's former Bureau of Internal Revenue (a predecessor of the IRS and ATF), because the administrative mechanism for enforcing Prohibition originated in excise tax administration; Wikipedia gives details at Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives § History.

  1. borrowed from venīre faciās
  2. formed as revenue — “re- + venire”
  3. suffixed as revenuer — “revenue + er”

Definitions

  1. A government official who enforces laws prohibiting the illegal distillation of alcohol.

    • ‘Mister, if yo're another revenuer, I kin tell ye y'aint gonna leave this valley alive.’
    • I don’t know, but I should start by gettin’ me a rifle: we got the reveneurs a-comin’.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA