Lexic.us

Definition of Poll taker

1. Noun. Someone who conducts surveys of public opinion. "A headcounter counts heads"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poll Taker

Literary usage of Poll taker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Election Laws of Indiana in Force September 1, 1914: With Instructions to by Indiana (1914)
"It shall be the duty of each and every poll-taker so appointed to make a full, true and complete list of all persons whose names are reported to him as ..."

2. The Marshall Plan Summer: An Eyewitness Report on Europe and the Russians in by Thomas Andrew Bailey (1977)
"A poll-taker quickly discovered that this particular plant had a reputation for being a "sweater. ..."

3. New Legislation Concerning Crimes, Misdemeanors, and Penalties: Compiled by Samuel June Barrows (1900)
"Persons are required to furnish information and lists to poll taker upon ... Withholding information from any poll taker subjects to fine from $1 to $25, ..."

4. The Speeches of the Right Honourable John Philpot Curran by John Philpot Curran (1855)
"If you remember the indignant laugh that was excited in the course of the poll, when me returning officer demanded of the poll-taker how many had voted for ..."

5. Memoirs of the Legal, Literary, and Political Life of the Late the Right by William O'Regan (1817)
"... in the course of the poll, when the returning officer demanded of the poll-taker how many had voted for the Master of the Rolls, and how many ' FOE us ! ..."

6. A New and Enlarged Collection of Speeches: Containing Several of Importance by John Philpot Curran (1819)
"... in the course of the poll, when the retur ing officer demanded of the poll-taker how many had vot« for the Master of the Rolls, and how many "for us! ..."

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