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canvasser|ˈkænvəsə(r)|
[f. canvass v. + -er1.]
1. a. One who canvasses: see canvass v. 1–5.
1599Minsheu Sp. Dict., Manteador, a canuasser or tosser in a blanket or sheet. 1628Sir R. Le Grys tr. Barclay's Argenis 254 These busie Canuassers of causes. 1648W. Clement Relat. & Observ. 3 Old Canvasers of Factions. 1799Sheridan Pizarro iii. iii, Who seeks alone for living homage stands a mean canvasser in her temple's porch.
b. One who canvasses electors for votes.
a1797Burke (R.) As real publick counsellors, not as the canvassers at a perpetual election. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 458 As a canvasser he was irresistible. 1869Daily News 25 Jan., It has become practicable for an authorised canvasser to vitiate an election by excessive zeal.
c. One who solicits custom, or goes about soliciting orders, esp. in the book-trade.
1865Knight Pass. Working Life III. 18 Book-hawkers known as canvassers. 1879Print. Trades Jrnl. xxviii. 4 One of the greatest nuisances of the day is the canvasser.
d. U.S. ‘One who examines the returns of votes for a public office’ (Webster); a scrutineer.
1792in Sparks Life & Writ. G. Morris (1832) III. 38 A majority of the canvassers rejected the votes of three counties. 1904Newark Even. News 25 Nov. 5 Governor Murphy has appointed..as the State Board of Canvassers... The board will..officially determine the number of votes which were cast for the different candidates. |