"poll book" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: poll books [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} poll book (plural poll books)
  1. (historical) An official register, formerly used to record votes at an election. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-poll_book-en-noun-Wj0f1B1H
  2. (historical) Lists of voters and who they voted for at parliamentary and other elections, before the introduction of the secret ballot. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-poll_book-en-noun--0n1Nw37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90

Inflected forms

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