poller
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- noun
- /ˈpoʊlər/
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encuestador
- Or if many of those pollers who have absorbed a book favored a game over literature, it's because they value dumb fun over personal growth.
Examples
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I admit I'm a product poller, okay?
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So I'm not really a good poller, but I'm a poll lock.
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Journalist Nidra Poller, commenting on the debate prior to the EU Constitution referendum in France, noted other incidents of this deliberate, submissive attitude among EU leaders towards Muslim demands.
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Bingo—if it all comes down to turnout, and there seems to be considerable agreement on that, then, as you say, trying to predict turnout on a 9% response rate to pollers is a fool's errand.
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The poller conducted interviews to gather public opinions about the new policy.
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As a skilled poller, she was responsible for collecting data on voter preferences.
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During the election season, the poller asked people about their likely voting choices.
Synonyms
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4.8
A person who asks many people about their views, especially about politics
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7.0
A person who visits homes to count people and record information for a survey like a census
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4.1
A person who asks people questions and records their answers
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6.8
A person who goes door to door asking for votes, money or support
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A person who asks people questions to find out what they think
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word poller comes from the old word poll, which meant 'head' and later came to mean asking or 'counting' people's views. A poller is a person who asks people questions and records their answers in a survey, so the origin helps explain its modern meaning of gathering opinions.