EXACT'OR, noun One who exacts; an officer who collects tribute, taxes or customs. I will make thine officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. Isaiah 60:17. 1. An extortioner; one who compels another to pay more than is legal or reasonable; one who demands something without pity or regard to justice. 2. He that demands by authority; as an exactor of oaths. 3. One who is unreasonably severe in his injunctions or demands.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI