Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that propels, supports, conveys, or strikes with a pole.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person who poles a boat; one who pushes something, as a car, with a pole.
- noun In Australia, one of a pair of bullocks yoked to the pole.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who poles.
- noun obsolete An extortioner. See
poller .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle. - noun obsolete An
extortioner .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a draft horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle
Etymologies
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Examples
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"When I tell people what I do, there is shock, 'No! pole dancing is for women," said the "poler" Mr. Shields, who is also a student nurse.
Despite Its Bad Reputation, Pole Dancing Appeals to Men in a New Way Alistair MacDonald 2011
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March 5, 2008 at 11:34 am oh noes, poler bear will cause scandal an lose hims advertizin contract.
akshully - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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March 5, 2008 at 11:17 am but I thot all teh poler bears lieked teh coke :
akshully - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ai kudunt sleep 4 long tyme aphter mai wyf sudunly dyd, kryin n so upset, til ai brot hur fabrit hudj floofy whyt stuft poler barr tu bed wif meh.
WUV - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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An elderly gentleman urged us onto a trajinera (a pirogue) with the improbable name of Clementine (of "Oh, my darlin´" fame, I guess), saying the poler would take really good care of us and get us some ice-cold beer for the journey.
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Our poler dipped his hand down into the water at one point where a waterfall tumbled into the canal and picked up some as if to drink it, but wisely decided to just let the sparkling stuff sprinkle through his fingers and splash back into the canal.
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An elderly gentleman urged us onto a trajinera (a pirogue) with the improbable name of Clementine (of "Oh, my darlin´" fame, I guess), saying the poler would take really good care of us and get us some ice-cold beer for the journey.
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Fernando, our earnest poler, unwedged his lovely boat from the hundreds moored at the dock, flipped back the arco with her name on it to avoid a low-slung bridge, and bumper-carred his way out of the narrow channel into the wide and sunny main canal.
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Our poler dipped his hand down into the water at one point where a waterfall tumbled into the canal and picked up some as if to drink it, but wisely decided to just let the sparkling stuff sprinkle through his fingers and splash back into the canal.
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Fernando, our earnest poler, unwedged his lovely boat from the hundreds moored at the dock, flipped back the arco with her name on it to avoid a low-slung bridge, and bumper-carred his way out of the narrow channel into the wide and sunny main canal.
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