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Webster 1913 Edition

Poller

Poll′er

(pōl′ẽr)
,
Noun.
[From
Poll
]
One who polls;
specifically:
(a)
One who polls or lops trees.
(b)
One who polls or cuts hair; a barber.
[R.]
(c)
One who extorts or plunders.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
(d)
One who registers voters, or one who enters his name as a voter.

Webster 1828 Edition

Poller

POLLER

,
Noun.
[from poll.] One that shaves persons; a barber. [Not used.
1.
One that lops or polls trees.
2.
A pillager; a plunderer; one that fleeces by exaction. [Not used.]
3.
One that registers voters, or one that enters his name as a voter.

Definition 2024

Poller

Poller

See also: poller

German

Noun

Poller m ‎(genitive Pollers, plural Poller)

  1. bollard (short post or pole, typically used to prevent vehicle access)
  2. (nautical) mooring post; bollard

Declension

Synonyms

poller

poller

See also: Poller

English

Noun

poller ‎(plural pollers)

  1. one who polls or lops trees
  2. one who cuts hair; a barber
  3. one who votes
  4. one who registers voters or conducts a poll
  5. (computing) a task or process that periodically checks for a condition being satisfied, such as the availability of new data

Dutch

Retractible road bollards.

Noun

poller m ‎(plural pollers, diminutive pollertje n)

  1. a retractable road bollard

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Etymology

From German Low German Poller, from early modern Dutch polder ‎(“bollard”), itself via Middle French and/or Middle Dutch from Old French poltre ‎(“beam”). Compare contemporary Dutch bolder, modern French poutre, and possibly English bollard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔlɐ/

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