revenuer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A government official who enforces laws prohibiting the illegal distillation of alcohol. US,historical,regional
    — ‘Mister, if yo're another revenuer, I kin tell ye y'aint gonna leave this valley alive.’

词形变化

revenuers plural

词源

From revenue + -er, reflecting the U.S. Treasury Department's former Bureau of Internal Revenue (a predecessor of the IRS and ATF), because the administrative mechanism for enforcing Prohibition originated in excise tax administration; Wikipedia gives details at Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives § History.
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