Taxator
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Synonym of taxer.
"The halls were in general held only on lease; but by a privilege common to most Universities, houses once occupied by clerks or students could not again be resumed by the proprietor, or taken from the gown, if the rent were punctually discharged, the rate of which was quinquennially fixed by the academical taxators."
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More examples"The halls were in general held only on lease; but by a privilege common to most Universities, houses once occupied by clerks or students could not again be resumed by the proprietor, or taken from the gown, if the rent were punctually discharged, the rate of which was quinquennially fixed by the academical taxators."
Etymology
From Middle English taxatour, from Medieval Latin taxātor.
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