TIDEWAITER

Meaning of TIDEWAITER in English

( n. )

A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties.

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

TIDEWAITER — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. : an officer in various preventive customs services who boards ships and watches the landing of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIDEWAITER — (n.) A customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties.
Английский словарь Webster
TIDEWAITER — n. tax clerk on a boat
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TIDEWAITER — noun a customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties.
Webster English vocab
TIDEWAITER — ■ noun historical a customs officer who boarded ships on their arrival to enforce customs regulations.
Concise Oxford English vocab
TIDEWAITER — n. hist. a customs officer who boarded ships on their arrival to enforce the customs regulations.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TIDEWAITER — n. hist. a customs officer who boarded ships on their arrival to enforce the customs regulations.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TIDEWAITER — n. hist. a customs officer who boarded ships on their arrival to enforce the customs regulations.
Oxford English vocab
TIDESMAN — ˈtīdzmən noun ( plural tidesmen ) : tidewaiter
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIDESMAN — (n.) A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
Английский словарь Webster
TIDESMAN — ( n. ) A customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TIDESMAN — noun a customhouse officer who goes on board of a merchant ship to secure payment of the duties; a tidewaiter.
Webster English vocab

Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary

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