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Pollman

name

Etymology

Blend of poll (“ordinary university degree”) + man. First part from Ancient Greek πολλοί (polloí, “the many, the masses”). Second part from Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”).

  1. derived from mann
  2. derived from man
  3. derived from πολύς

Definitions

  1. A surname.

  2. One who takes an ordinary university degree, without honours.

    • Even the wretched pollmen cannot be expected to unravel the quirks and catches in their elementary papers with any degree of credit, unless they have been privately trained for the purpose.
    • It is related of some Cambridge poll-man that he was once so ill-advised as to desert a private tutor.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA