Tacks"man (?), n.; pl. Tacksmen (). ScotsLaw

One who holds a tack or lease from another; a tenant, or lessee.

Sir W. Scott.

The tacksmen, who formed what may be called the "peerage" of the little community, must be the captains. Macaulay.

 

© Webster 1913.

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