English Dictionary

farmer-general

名詞

歴史的

(historical) A member of a privileged association in France, before the French Revolution, who collected duties on behalf of the king, along with bonus fees for themselves.

日本語の意味

（歴史的）フランス革命前のフランスにおいて、国王の代理として関税や税金を徴収し、さらに自己の利益として追加料金を得ていた特権的な協会の構成員

As unrest grew, the farmer-general's lavish lifestyle and harsh collection methods made him a symbol of royal corruption.

不満が高まるにつれて、王の徴税請負人は豪華な生活ぶりと厳しい徴税手法によって王権の腐敗の象徴となった。

意味（1）

(historical) A member of a privileged association in France, before the French Revolution, who collected duties on behalf of the king, along with bonus fees for themselves.

In the same tone a farmer general in France, who had probably beggared a province, and whose rapacity had hastened the late revolution, exclaimed, What need of reformation? To such men I can make no reply […]

farmers-general （ plural ）