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landwaiter

[land-wey-ter]

noun

  1. a British customs officer who enforces import-export regulations, collects import duties, etc.

landwaiter

/ ˈæԻˌɱɪə /

noun

  1. an officer of the Custom House

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of landwaiter1

First recorded in 1705–15; land + waiter
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Example Sentences

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Perhaps they may get that in time; at present they go away growling with a gaugership; or, having with desperate dexterity at length contrived to transform a tidewaiter into a landwaiter.

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