Definition of Catchpole

1. Noun. (obsolete) A taxman, one who gathers taxes. ¹

2. Noun. A sheriff’s officer, usually one who arrests debtors. ¹

3. Noun. (historical) An implement formerly used for seizing and securing a man who would otherwise be out of reach. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Catchpole

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Catchpole

catching some zs
catching up
catchlight
catchlights
catchline
catchment
catchment area
catchment basin
catchment basins
catchments
catchpennies
catchpenny
catchpenny(a)
catchphrase
catchphrases
catchpole (current term)
catchpoles
catchpoll
catchpolls
catcht
catchup
catchups
catchwater
catchwaters
catchweed
catchweeds
catchweight
catchword
catchwords
catchwork

Literary usage of Catchpole

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

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by John Scott Eldon, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1827)
"catchpole. In this case the Defendant was a co-executor with James Mayhem in trust, and co-devisee with him of certain lands, in trust, by sale to raise ..."

2. ... Characters and Passages from Note-books by Samuel Butler (1908)
"A catchpole IS a journeyman sheriff, a minister of justice and injustice, right or wrong. He is a man of quick apprehension ..."

3. The English Dance of Death, from the Designs of Thomas Rowlandson by William Combe (1903)
"THE catchpole LAW is, or should the offspring be Of JUSTICE and HUMANITY, And prove as plain as A, B, C. Should go strait forward on its way, ..."

4. A History of Ontario County, New York and Its People by Charles F. Milliken (1911)
"... and of Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church. Mr. Wyckoff married, September 16, 1896. Ethel Agnes catchpole. born in England, in the city of London. ..."

5. The Works of Don Francisco de Quevedo by Francisco de Quevedo (1798)
"VISI ON I. THE ALGUAZIL catchpole POSSESSED. As I was going a few days fince to a convent in this city to hear mafs, I faw a prodigious multitude of people ..."

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