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gauger definition

gauger (gā′jər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that gauges
  2. Chiefly Brit. an official who measures the contents of casks of liquor, etc. to be taxed
  3. a collector of excise taxes

Etymology: ME < Anglo-Fr gaugeour < gauge

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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