tollman

English

Etymology

From toll +‎ -man.

Noun

tollman (plural tollmen)

1. A man who receives or collects a toll.
   • 1782 (date written), William Cowper, “The Diverting History of John Gilpin, […]”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson;  […], published 1785, →OCLC:

     And now the turnpike gates again
     Flew open in short space,
     The tollmen thinking, as before,
     That Gilpin rode a race

Related terms

• tollperson
• tollwoman

References

“tollman”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.