tacksman

From tack + -s- + -man.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtaksmən/

tacksman (plural tacksmen)

1. (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.

See taxman.

tacksman (plural tacksmen)

1. Obsolete spelling of taxman.