tide-surveyorn.
A customs official who supervised the tide-waiters.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > shipping dues > [noun] > collector of
waiter1473
custom house waiter1649
tidesman1667
tide-supervisor1684
tide-waiter1700
tide-surveyor1725
shark1785
custom house official1831
customs official1858
1725 London Gaz. No. 6390/7 John Etheridge, Gent... Tide Surveyor of His Majesty's Customs.
1806 in J. Smyth Pract. of Customs (1812) ii. 127 The articles to be guarded from and to the ships, and an account to be taken of them by the Tide-waiters, under the special superintendence of the Tide-surveyors.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 24 Mar. 6/3 For many years tide surveyor and harbour-master at Pakhoi.
Derivatives
ˈtide-superˌvisor n.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > shipping dues > [noun] > collector of
waiter1473
custom house waiter1649
tidesman1667
tide-supervisor1684
tide-waiter1700
tide-surveyor1725
shark1785
custom house official1831
customs official1858
1684 E. Chamberlayne 2nd Pt. Present State Eng. (ed. 12) ii. 243 Stephen Chuseman, Tide Supervisor of all the Tide Surveyors on the River of Thames.
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