"pole-sitter" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "polesitter"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Alonso, who started second, beat pole-sitter Maldonado into the first corner and led through the first pit-stop period, after which he had a 3.4-second lead on lap 12.",
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        "Alternative form of polesitter"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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      "glosses": [
        "Someone who sits on a pole for an extended period of time, following the fad begun in 1924 by Alvin \"Shipwreck\" Kelly; a flagpole sitter."
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  "word": "pole-sitter"
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      "form": "pole-sitters",
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        "plural"
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        {
          "word": "polesitter"
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          "ref": "2012 May 13, Andrew Benson, “Williams's Pastor Maldonado takes landmark Spanish Grand Prix win”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Alonso, who started second, beat pole-sitter Maldonado into the first corner and led through the first pit-stop period, after which he had a 3.4-second lead on lap 12.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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        "Someone who sits on a pole for an extended period of time, following the fad begun in 1924 by Alvin \"Shipwreck\" Kelly; a flagpole sitter."
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