Tax-gatherer
21Tollere — A tax gatherer. The job is remembered in the name of Tollerton (tollere + * ton), in north Yorkshire. [< 11c Lat. teloneum = toll, tax < Gr. telos = tax] Cf. Toll and team …
22Matthew the Evangelist — and .Levi is described in Mark (and synoptic parallels) as being a toll collector who was called by Jesus to follow him just as the Twelve Apostles were. He is called the Son of Alphaeus , and his calling leads into a scene where Jesus is… …
23Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri — ( ar. الأشرف قانصوه الغوري) was the last of the Mamluk Sultans. One of the last of the Burji dynasty, he reigned from 1501 to 1516. [ [http://www.bartleby.com/67/320.html The Encyclopedia of World History: The Postclassical Period, 500–1500] ] On …
24Andrew Jackson: Farewell Address — ▪ Primary Source In his Farewell Address, written with the help of Chief Justice Roger B. Taney and delivered March 4, 1837, Andrew Jackson reviewed the accomplishments of his administration and explained the motivation of some of… …
25Vespasian — • Biography of the Roman Emperor Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Vespasian Vespasian † …
26Catchpole — This curious surname, chiefly found in East Anglia, is of Old French origin, and derives from the Old French chacepol , Old Norman French cachepol (in medieval Latin chassipullus ) meaning chase fowl . The name was originally occupational for a… …
27Toler — Recorded as Toler, Toller and the north country Towler, this is an English medieval surname. It has two possible origins. The first is an early occupational surname for a toll taker or tax gatherer. The derivation is from the word toln , meaning… …
28Towler — Recorded as Toler, Toller and the north country Towler, this is an English medieval surname. It has two possible origins. The first is an early occupational surname for a toll taker or tax gatherer. The derivation is from the word toln , meaning… …
29Toller — Recorded as Toler, Toller, and the north country Towler, this is an English medieval surname. It has two possible origins. The first is an early occupational surname for a toll taker or tax gatherer. The derivation is from the word toln , meaning …
30publican — (n.) c.1200, tax gatherer, from O.Fr. publician (12c.), from L. publicanus a tax collector, originally an adjective, pertaining to public revenue, from publicum public revenue, noun use of neuter of publicus (see PUBLIC (Cf. public)). Original… …
