tacksman
English
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittacksman (plural tacksmen)
- (Scotland) A person who holds a tack from another; a tenant.
- 1885, Lord Colin Campbell, The Crofter in History:
- ... 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, published 2009, page 13:
- MacLeod from Dunvegan, his tacksmen big with vengeance, caught up with the raiders by Ardmore Bay, and none of the MacDonalds was spared.
Etymology 2
editSee taxman.
Noun
edittacksman (plural tacksmen)