Meaning of tacksman | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person who holds a tack from another; a tenant.
   Scotland
2. Obsolete spelling of taxman.
   alt-of, obsolete

Examples

“... 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.”

“MacLeod from Dunvegan, his tacksmen big with vengeance, caught up with the raiders by Ardmore Bay, and none of the MacDonalds was spared.”

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