taxor

taxor
Taxer Tax"er, n. 1. One who taxes. [1913 Webster]

2. One of two officers chosen yearly to regulate the assize of bread, and to see the true gauge of weights and measures is observed. [Camb. Univ., Eng.] [Written also {taxor}.] [1913 Webster]


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