catchpole[noun]Synonyms: delegate, deputy, representant, representative
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catchpole noun.
['katʃpǝʊl] Also
catchpoll.
LOE.[Anglo-Norman, Old French var. of Old French chacepol, or from Anglo-Latin cacepollus, from Proto-Romance var. of Latin captare (see CHASE verb1) + Latin pullus fowl.]1. A tax-gatherer; a Roman publican.
LOE-M17.2. Hist. A sheriff's officer, esp. one who arrests for debt.
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