taxman /ˈtæksmæn/ noun2 •A tax collector.Andrew Houstoun and Adam Mushet, being Tacksmen of the Excize, did Imploy Thomas Rue to be their Collector, and gave him a Sallary of 30. pound Sterling for a year. — 1668 •A tax-collecting organ, personified.The taxman’s taken all my dough. Left me in my stately home. — 1966 formstaxmen