CANVASSER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does canvasser mean? 

• CANVASSER (noun)
  The noun CANVASSER has 4 senses:

1. a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes

2. someone who examines votes at an election

3. someone who conducts surveys of public opinion

4. a person who takes or counts votes

  Familiarity information: CANVASSER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CANVASSER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

canvasser; solicitor

Hypernyms ("canvasser" is a kind of...):

petitioner; requester; suppliant; supplicant (one praying humbly for something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "canvasser"):

fundraiser (someone who solicits financial contributions)

Derivation:

canvass (solicit votes from potential voters in an electoral campaign)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone who examines votes at an election

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

canvasser; scrutineer

Hypernyms ("canvasser" is a kind of...):

examiner; inspector (an investigator who observes carefully)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Someone who conducts surveys of public opinion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

canvasser; headcounter; poll taker; pollster

Context example:

a headcounter counts heads

Hypernyms ("canvasser" is a kind of...):

asker; enquirer; inquirer; querier; questioner (someone who asks a question)

Derivation:

canvass (get the opinions (of people) by asking specific questions)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A person who takes or counts votes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("canvasser" is a kind of...):

teller; vote counter (an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly))