English Explanatory Dictionary

revenuer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A government official who enforces laws prohibiting the illegal distillation of alcohol.

Word forms

revenuer revenuers

Etymology

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.

Antonyms

smuggler bootlegger moonshiner shiner rum-runner
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