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Definition of Revenuer
1. Noun. A government agent responsible for collecting revenue (especially one responsible for stopping bootlegging).
Definition of Revenuer
1. Noun. (US dated informal) An employee of the Internal Revenue Service, especially those charged with enforcement. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Revenuer
1. a revenue officer [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Revenuer
Literary usage of Revenuer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Carolina Mountains by Margaret Warner Morley (1913)
"It was whispered that it was not to the interest of the revenuer to destroy so
good an ... Of course a good deal depended upon the quality of the " revenuer ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"sure, that with his views of the eon. sequences of the repeal of this tax, in
the present state of the public revenuer be bad no alternative but to submit ..."
3. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England: To which is Added an by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1826)
"... besides that he had sacrificed the whole revenuer of that kingdom to themselves,
were not looked upon as any benefit to that nation,8 but as obligations ..."
4. Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart (1913)
"When a revenuer comes sneakin' around, why, whut he gits, or whut we-uns gits,
that's a ' fortune of war,' as the old sayin' is," ..."
5. Our Southern Highlanders: A Narrative of Adventure in the Southern by Horace Kephart (1922)
"Hit's as fair for one as 'tis for t'other. When a revenuer comes sneakin' around, why, ..."
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