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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EXACTOR

n.One who exacts; an officer who collects tribute, taxes or customs. I will make thine officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. Isaiah 6 :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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

EXACTOR

Ex *act "or, n. Etym: [L.: cf. F. exacteur.]

Defn: One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.