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poller|ˈpəʊlə(r)|
[f. poll v. + -er1.]
†1. A barber or hair-cutter. Obs.
1578Whetstone Promos & Cassandra v. iv, R. I know him not, is he a deaft barber? G. O yea, why he is Mistris Lamias powler. 1608H. Clapham Errour Right Hand 78 Bald pated all, like to an holy Friar, That lately had been in the Pollers hands. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 128/2 Poler, an ancient term used for the cutter of hair.
b. One who polls trees (Webster, 1828).
†2. A plunderer, spoiler, extortioner, despoiler.
1513Bradshaw St. Werburge i. 2401 True men myght lyue without vexacyon; Pollers, promoters, had no domynacyon. 1514Barclay Cyt. & Uplondyshm. (Percy Soc.) p. liv, Porters & poulers, & specially false takers On these..spare must thou none expence. 1607Hieron Wks. I. 246 It was not enough for Zacheus, that..hee was no poller or robber of the poore. 1640Sir J. Culpeper in Rushw. Hist. Coll. iii. (1692) I. 33 A Nest of Wasps, or Swarm of Vermin,..the Monopolers and Polers of the People. 1674[see piller 1 β].
3. a. One who votes at an election; a voter. b. One who registers voters (Webster, 1828).
1776Chron. in Ann. Reg. 121/1 The total number of pollers at this election. 1807in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. XI. 58 Who'll come forward and now be my poller? |