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le percepteur

tax collector, perceiver, observer

p ɛ ʁ . s ɛ p . t œ ʁ
percep perceive; receive + teur forms nouns denoting an agent or instrument
noun · masculine Rare #41,877
tax collector A person who collects taxes, especially for the government.
FR: Le percepteur est passé ce matin.
EN: The tax collector came by this morning.
perceiver, observer Someone or something that perceives or experiences something.
FR: Un percepteur observe le monde autour de lui.
EN: An observer perceives the world around them.

L'ex-percepteur a été tué sur le chemin de sa maison.

The former tax collector was killed on the way home.

— Histoires de fantômes chinois (1987)

Il fait le percepteur, mais je ne sais pas où.

He's a tax collector, but I don't know where.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Des écritures chez le percepteur.

Documents at the tax collector's office.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Un percepteur, ça ne se perd pas comme ça.

A tax collector doesn't just disappear like that.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

L'univers ne semble pas exister sans un percepteur de cet univers.

The universe does not seem to exist without someone to perceive it.

Percepteur ?

Tax collector?

— Histoires de fantômes chinois (1987)

Désolé, mais je suis un percepteur de Tsi Pao Chu.

Sorry, but I am a tax collector for Tsi Pao Chu.

— Histoires de fantômes chinois (1987)