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Definition of Tidesman
1. n. A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
Definition of Tidesman
1. Noun. A customhouse officer who goes on board a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tidesman
1. a customs officer [n TIDESMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tidesman
Literary usage of Tidesman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia of Ships and Shipping by Herbert B. Mason (1908)
"At Cardiff there is a rise and fall during spring tides of 37 to 38 feet, and
during neap tides of 28 or 29 feet. tidesman. ..."
2. The King's Customs by Henry Atton, Henry Hurst Holland (1908)
"The sentry on duty ordered him to put his pipe out ; the tidesman refilled it,
and smoked harder than ever. The sentry summoned one of the guard, ..."
3. The King's Customs: An Account of Maritime Revenue & Contraband Traffic in by Henry Atton, Henry Hurst Holland (1908)
"One afternoon a London tidesman went to sun himself upon the Tower Quay, lit his
pipe, ... The sentry on duty ordered him to put his pipe out; the tidesman ..."
4. A List of Persons Concerned in the Rebellion: Transmitted to the by Archibald Philip Primrose Rosebery, Scotland Supervisors of Excise (1890)
"... at Culloden Acted as Collector of Excise & Customs in Aberdeen for the Rebels, &
went north with them Acted as tidesman for the Rebels in Aberdeen Acted ..."
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