"canvasser" meaning in All languages combined

See canvasser on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkæn.vəs.ə(ɹ)/ [UK] Forms: canvassers [plural]
Etymology: From canvass + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|canvass|er|id2=agent noun}} canvass + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} canvasser (plural canvassers)
  1. Someone who goes through a region soliciting votes in an election, or conducting a public opinion poll. Translations (someone who solicits votes in an election): Wahlhelfer [masculine] (German), Stimmenwerber [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-canvasser-en-noun-UwbWY-yb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 46 54 Disambiguation of 'someone who solicits votes in an election': 61 39
  2. (politics, obsolete except US, Philippines) A person who scrutinizes the ballot in an election. Tags: Philippines Categories (topical): Politics, People
    Sense id: en-canvasser-en-noun-nFSZ8eoq Disambiguation of People: 39 61 Categories (other): American English, Philippine English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 44 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 46 54 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: book canvasser

Verb [Norman]

Etymology: Borrowed from English canvass + -er. Etymology templates: {{bor|nrf|en|canvass}} English canvass, {{suffix|nrf||er}} + -er Head templates: {{head|nrf|verb||||||head=}} canvasser, {{nrf-verb}} canvasser
  1. (Jersey) to canvass Tags: Jersey

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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