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tide·wait·er
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Tidewaiternoun
An officer who watches the landing of goods at the customhouse.
Etymology: tide and wait.
Employments will be in the hands of Englishmen; nothing left for Irishmen but vicarages and tidewaiters places. Jonathan Swift.
Wikipedia
tidewaiter
A customs officer is a law enforcement agent who enforces customs laws, on behalf of a government.
Webster Dictionary
Tidewaiternoun
a customhouse officer who watches the landing of goods from merchant vessels, in order to secure payment of duties
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of tidewaiter in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of tidewaiter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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