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TAXMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does taxman mean?
• TAXMAN (noun)
The noun TAXMAN has 1 sense:
1. someone who collects taxes for the government
Familiarity information: TAXMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who collects taxes for the government
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
collector of internal revenue; exciseman; internal revenue agent; tax collector; taxman
Hypernyms ("taxman" is a kind of...):
administrative official; bureaucrat (an official of a bureaucracy)
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