Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for POLL'ER
POLL'ER, n. [from poll.]
- One that shaves persons; a barber. [Not used.]
- One that lops or polls trees.
- A pillager; a plunderer; one that fleeces by exaction. [Not used.] – Bacon.
- One that registers voters, or one that enters his name as a voter.
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