Definition of Gabeller

1. Noun. (alternative form of gabeler) ¹

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Definition of Gabeller

1. a collector of taxes [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gabeller

gabbler
gabblers
gabbles
gabbling
gabblings
gabbro
gabbroic
gabbroid
gabbros
gabby
gabel
gabeler
gabelers
gabelle
gabelled
gabeller (current term)
gabellers
gabelles
gaberdine
gaberdines
gabert
gaberts
gabexate
gabey
gabfest
gabfests
gabies
gabion
gabionade
gabionades

Literary usage of Gabeller

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"gabeler, gabeller (gâ'bel-ér), n. A collector of the gabel or of taxes. [Rare. ... See gabel. gabeller, «. See gabeler. gabelman (ga'bel-man), n.; ..."

2. Commons, Forests and Footpaths: The Story of the Battle During the Last by George Shaw-Lefevre Eversley (1910)
"... Miners should have the exclusive right of having gales or works granted to them by the officer, called the gabeller, to open mines within the Hundred. ..."

3. A History of the British Empire: From the Accession of Charles I. to the by George Brodie (1822)
"... esteemed them too good to be whipt with scorpions; and therefore, God be blessed, we have not in England the gabeller standing at every town's end; ..."

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