单词 | poll-watcher |
释义 | > as lemmaspoll-watcher poll-watcher n. a person who officially observes an election so as to ensure that it is properly and legally conducted; esp. one who performs this function on behalf of an organization that has put forward a candidate; (also more generally) a person in the media who comments upon an election. ΚΠ 1893 Olean (N.Y.) Weekly Democrat 7 Nov. 4/5 Poll watchers, armed with injunctions restraining McKane's men from interfering with them. 1949 Times 4 Mar. 7/6 They can all have poll-watchers to guard the secrecy of the ballot and prevent local pressure on voters. 2000 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Dec. 240/1 One of our problems, on election day, was that all of our poll-watchers were bearded. < as lemmas |
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