Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

revenuer

/ɹˈɛvənˌuɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rev-enuer
IPA: /ɹˈɛvənˌuɚ/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A government official who enforces laws prohibiting the illegal distillation of alcohol.

American usage

Example Sentences

"‘Mister, if yo're another revenuer, I kin tell ye y'aint gonna leave this valley alive.’"
"I don’t know, but I should start by gettin’ me a rifle: we got the reveneurs a-comin’."

Etymology

From revenue + -er, reflecting the U.S. Treasury Department's former Bureau of Internal Revenue (a predecessor of the IRS and ATF), because the administrative mechanism for enforcing Prohibition originated in excise tax administration; Wikipedia gives details at Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives § History.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: revenue

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

revenuers (plural)

Antonyms

smuggler bootlegger moonshiner shiner rum-runner

Questions

How do you pronounce revenuer?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈɛvənˌuɚ/.
What does revenuer mean?: A government official who enforces laws prohibiting the illegal distillation of alcohol.
Where does revenuer come from?: From revenue + -er, reflecting the U.S. Treasury Department's former Bureau of Internal Revenue (a predecessor of the IRS and ATF), because the administrative mechanism for enforcing Prohibition originated in excise tax administration; Wikipedia gives details at Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives § History.

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