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poˈlygrapher
Also 6 poli-.
[f. Gr. πολυγράϕος (see polygraph n.) + -er1.]
1. A writer of polygraphy (sense 1). rare.
1588J. Harvey Disc. Probl. 29 Whose mightie and wonderfull proceedings no Poligrapher can expresse, or Steganographer decipher. 1871L. B. Phillips Dict. Biogr. Ref. 298 Cunaeus, Peter (Van der Kun), Dutch savant and polygrapher; 1586–1638.
†2. = polygraph n. 2. Obs.
1810Splendid Follies II. 7, [I] wear my hat in half a dozen positions, so that I defy the mimickry of a polygrapher.
3. A user of a polygraph (sense 3).
1954Reporter (N.Y.) 8 June 14/3 (heading) Eminent polygraphers. 1962Harvard Business Rev. Nov.–Dec. 128/2 The National Board of Polygraph Examiners, an organization of polygraphers..set forth minimum standards for polygraphs. 1973Biomed. Engin. VIII. 155/3 Regarding the opposing views on the skin-resistance channel; many practising polygraphers consider it to be too sensitive an indicator of emotional responses. 1978‘W. Wingate’ Bloodbath ii. 25 Kruger watched the polygrapher flop into the easy chair. |