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Vinony

pollster

noun

  1. professional whose primary job is conducting polls
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊlstɚ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English poll Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English pollster From poll + -ster.

  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    “Now that the cold war has ended and political ideologies have been replaced by pollsters and spin doctors, Machiavelli's cleareyed assessments of power dynamics and pragmatic advantage are suddenly in vogue.”