landwaiter

English

Etymology

Noun

landwaiter (plural landwaiters)

A customs officer who oversees the landing of goods, etc., from vessels.

Synonyms

landing waiter

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for landwaiter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

law-trained

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