A person who collects or is involved with gabelle (a tax on salt or other goods in medieval France).
From 'gabelle' plus the agent suffix '-er,' creating a noun for someone who performs a related action. Gabelle itself comes from Old French and Italian origins.
Gabelers were so unpopular in medieval France that the word itself became a symbol of government greed—one of the most hated jobs in history!
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