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pollster

noun
/ˈpoʊlstɚ/US

Etymology

From poll + -ster.

  1. derived from *bew-✻ — “to blow, swell”
  2. derived from *bolno-✻
  3. derived from *poll✻
  4. derived from pol
  5. inherited from pol
  6. suffixed as pollster — “poll + ster”

Definitions

  1. A professional who conducts or analyzes opinion polls.

    • Trump didn't like the results of the polls, so he fired the pollsters.
    • Now that the cold war has ended and political ideologies have been replaced by pollsters and spin doctors, Machiavelli's cleareyed assessments of power dynamics and pragmatic advantage are suddenly in vogue.

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