"pollster" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pollsters [plural]
Etymology: From poll + -ster. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|poll|ster}} poll + -ster Head templates: {{en-noun}} pollster (plural pollsters)
  1. A professional who conducts or analyzes opinion polls. Wikipedia link: pollster Categories (topical): Occupations, People, Politics Derived forms: pollstress Translations (person who conducts polls): анкетьор (anketjor) [masculine] (Bulgarian), enquestador [masculine] (Catalan), mielipidetutkija (Finnish), sondeur [masculine] (French), enquêteur [masculine] (French), enquêtrice [feminine] (French), enquisador (Galician), Meinungsforscher [masculine] (German), δημοσκόπος (dimoskópos) [masculine] (Greek), közvélemény-kutató (english: analyzing polls) (Hungarian), kérdezőbiztos (english: conducting polls) (Hungarian), ankieter [masculine] (Polish), ankieterka [feminine] (Polish), anchetator [masculine] (Romanian), sondor [masculine] (Romanian), опро́счик (oprósčik) [masculine] (Russian), опро́счица (oprósčica) [feminine] (Russian), анкетёр (anketjór) [masculine] (Russian), ankètār [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), encuestador (Spanish), anketçi (Turkish), anketör (Turkish)

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