† poln.1
Obsolete. rare.
A declaration or assertion. Cf. edipol n.
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the mind > language > statement > assertion or affirmation > [noun] > an assertion, affirmation, or positive declaration
protestationc1390
affirmationa1425
affirmativec1450
edipolc1450
protestc1460
assertion1531
asseveration1551
narration1554
asseverance1574
protesting1582
pol1600
vouch1610
vouchee1625
averment1659
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden Ep. Ded. sig. A3v By Poll and Aedipoll I protest.]
1600 T. Dekker Shomakers Holiday sig. B3v Your pols and your edipolls.
1609 Euerie Woman in her Humor sig. H4 Hee has his pols and his ædypols, his times and his tricks.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
poln.2
/pɒl/, U.S. /pɑl/ colloquial (originally and chiefly North American).
A politician. Cf. polly n.3
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > politician > [noun]
politic1559
politian1584
politician1589
politico1630
politiconea1734
civilist1736
political1833
machine politician1876
pol1907
frock1919
polly1932
1907 Boston Daily Globe 9 Aug. 1/8 Big and little pols there. It was a red-letter day in the history of the club, and many aspirants for political office were on hand to see that no damage was done [to] their booms.
1936 F. C. Painton in Detective Fiction Weekly 12 Dec. 15/1 She's in with the pols—and how.
1966 Economist 18 June 1315/2 Gossip has it that the ‘pols’, as the state's professional politicians (particularly Democrats) are called, felt guilty about the shabby treatment delivered to Mr Peabody when he was Governor [of Massachusetts].
1980 J. O'Faolain No Country for Young Men ii. 40 The film..was in fact going to focus on old sell-outs and by implication rub today's pols' noses in the analogy.
2005 Daily Variety (Nexis) 16 Mar. 8 Pols were widely blamed for not moving quickly to provide aid to the elderly during the August heatwave.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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P.O.L.
P.O.L. n. (also p.o.l) petrol, oil, and lubricants.
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1944 Times 7 June 6/1 The operational planning for invasion had to be interpreted at an early stage in terms of P.O.L. requirements.
1977 R.A.F. News 22 June 11/3 Training is centred on the ground attack role, with simulated attack profiles (SAPs) being flown against..POL objectives (Petrol, Oil, Lubricants).
2002 Business Line (Nexis) 30 Dec. A safety reserve of oil and p.o.l. products seems a critical need for a modern economy, like India, dependent on imports from abroad.
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