poll|ster

poll|ster
poll|ster «POHL stuhr», noun.
1. a person who takes a public-opinion poll.
2. a person who takes, or evaluates the results of, public-opinion polls, as a trade or profession: »

The pollsters assume that what is true of a sample of a few hundred is true of everybody (Harper's).


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