tacksman
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtaksmən/
Noun
tacksman (plural tacksmen)
- (Scotland) A person who holds a tack from another; a tenant.
- 1885: The Crofter in History by Lord Colin Campbell
- ... a numerous class of occupiers who cultivated what would now be considered fair-sized crofts, have entirely disappeared, as well as the tenants and tacksmen who were still higher in the scale.
- 2009, John Sadler, Glencoe, Amberley 2009, p. 13:
- MacLeod from Dunvegan, his tacksmen big with vengeance, caught up with the raiders by Ardmore Bay, and none of the MacDonalds was spared.
- 1885: The Crofter in History by Lord Colin Campbell
Etymology 2
See taxman.
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