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Tallagers

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

Tax or toll gatherers; mentioned by Chaucer. TALLAGIUM (perhaps from French taille, cut off). A term including all taxes. 2 Inst. 532; Stat, de tal. non Concedendo, temp. Edw. I.; Stow, Annals, 445; 1 Bl. Comm. 311*. Chaucer has talaigiers for "tax gatherers."

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Tax or toll gatherers; mentioned by Chaucer.