poloistn.
/ˈpəʊləʊɪst/, U.S. /ˈpoʊləwəst/ A polo player.
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1876 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Sentinel 28 June The poloists will soon transfer their noble sport to the ten acre lot that Mr. Bennett has secured at Newport for the summer.
1898 Westm. Gaz. 9 Dec. 5/2 As a horseman and poloist he had not many rivals.
1939 L. Jacobs Rise of Amer. Film (1941) vi. xxiv. 498 In the eleven years of his existence he [sc. Mickey Mouse] has played..skater, poloist, circus performer, [etc.].
1985 P. Ziegler Mountbatten i. vii. 87 Plays a pretty game of polo, emitting peculiar naval shriek when excited but never..emulating expletive exploits of military poloists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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