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tacksman

noun
/ˈtaksmən/UK

Etymology

From tack + -s- + -man.

  1. derived from *takkō✻ — “twig, branch, shoot”
  2. inherited from tak
  3. formed as tacksman — “tack + -s- + -man”

Definitions

  1. A person who holds a tack from another

    A person who holds a tack from another; a tenant.

    • ... 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.
    • MacLeod from Dunvegan, his tacksmen big with vengeance, caught up with the raiders by Ardmore Bay, and none of the MacDonalds was spared.

  2. Obsolete spelling of taxman.

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