taxator
(tækˈseɪtə(r))
Also 5–6 -our.
[ad. med.L. taxātor, agent-n. from taxāre to tax. So F. taxateur (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. One who assesses a subsidy, impost, or tax; an assessor; one who levies a tax. Now Hist.
| 1424 Sc. Acts Jas. I (1814) II. 5 Þat ilk bischop in ilk denry of his diocise gar his officiall and his dene summonde all þe tenandis and frehaldaris befor him, and cheiss taxatouris. 1585–6 Reg. Privy Council Scot. IV. 47 Allegeing that the saidis taxatouris hes stentit thame..abone thair habilitie. 1848 Fraser's Mag. XXXVIII. 129 The loan is under the surveillance of the Woods and Forests, and pinched by the long-clawed taxators. |
2. In the mediæval universities: = taxer 1 b. (In contemporary use as a Latin word.)
| 1831 Sir W. Hamilton Discuss. (1852) 412 In the same year [1231] Taxators are established in both Universities. 1897 A. Gordon in Dict. Nat. Biog. LII. 182/2 In 1608 he [R. Sibbes] was appointed taxator [Camb.]. |