Pole
- noun
- /poʊl/
- As a proud Pole, she shared stories of her family's history in Poland.
- a million Poles
- Poles as immigrants
- only a Pole
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Watch on YouTubeAnd there is no question that Poles speak a separate language and their Slavs.
- And there is no question that Poles speak a separate language and their Slavs.
- Or in particular an army of Poles.
- It's millions of subjects ranged from Germans to Croats to Italians to Poles to Czechs to many, many more.
- Suddenly Poles can own land in Ukraine.
- In, in Bolinia, there are far fewer Poles and fewer Jews than there are in Galicia.
- They hated Germans, they hated Poles.
- As for Carl's announcement, he offered federal freedom to Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Croats, Slovenes, Serbs and Romanians.
Examples
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Finally, he demands to know if there is a Pole at the table.
Fiction book (1994) -
I love the fact that, that, that, that like hundreds of thousands of Poles rebuilt parts of Britain.
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Being a Pole, it's like being even further.
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After all, they said I... I was only a Pole.
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General Browning, I am a Pole, considered by some to be smart.
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People from Poland are Poles, they are not Polacks!
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Prior to World War I, song helped to nationalize the Polish immigrant as a Pole in America.
Academic text (1999) -
Kiev, and in fact all of Ukraine is fought over between Lithuanians, Poles, Cossacks and Russians.
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It's millions of subjects ranged from Germans to Croats to Italians to Poles to Czechs to many, many more.
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Many Poles celebrate Independence Day with parades and cultural events.
Idioms
Refuse to be involved with people or things that seem dangerous and dishonest
Compounds
A long thin rod used to catch fish by holding a line and throwing it into the water
A tall carved wooden post made by northwest coast native people showing family or legend figures
A point on Earth where the force that makes compasses point goes straight down or up
- UK
A long thin pole with a pointed metal tip that skiers use to help balance and push on snow
A pole with red and white spiral stripes that shows where people get haircuts or shaves
- Specialized
One of the two points in the sky where the line Earth spins around seems to meet the stars
- Specialized
The end of a battery marked with a minus sign that connects to the black wire
- Specialized
A point in the sky above Earth's North Pole that stars appear to turn around and is near Polaris
- Specialized
The point in the sky above Earth's South Pole that the stars appear to turn around
- Specialized
A battery terminal marked with a plus sign that connects to the red wire
- Specialized
The end of a magnet that points toward Earth's north when it hangs freely
- Specialized
A long straight rod with red and white bands that people who measure land use to line up points
- UK
A long straight pole with red and white bands used to mark positions when measuring land
- Specialized
The end of a magnet that points toward the north when it hangs freely
A ski pole made from strong Tonkin cane bamboo that is flexible and lasts a long time
- Specialized
The end of a magnet that points toward the Earth's south when it hangs freely
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pole comes from the name of the country Poland and, long ago, from a group called the Polans, whose name meant 'people of the fields'. So a Pole is simply someone from that land.