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Meanings of canvasser in English

Catalan
enquestador

Someone who conducts surveys of public opinion.

enquestador

A petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes.

Someone who examines votes at an election.

Usage of canvasser in English
1
In short, the canvasser must not feed the voter in any way.
All Things Considered
2
I needn't have taken the job of canvasser in the first place.
Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman
3
I never saw a canvasser, and there were only a few posters.
The Irish Times
4
See here: there's a whole chapter here on elevators, persisted the canvasser.
The Americanization of Edward Bok / The Autobiography of a Dutch...
5
A good many men were not canvassed, or at least misunderstood the canvasser.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 19, 1916
6
Then he was off again on his hurried round as canvasser.
Elder Conklin and Other Stories
7
My mother, as well as an ogress, was a Nevada book-canvasser.
The Little Lady of the Big House
8
Mrs. Gladstone, according to Mr. Hope-Scott, was an indefatigable canvasser for her husband.
The Grand Old Man / Or, the Life and Public Services of the Righ...
9
Of course, their canvasser called to see you, didn't he, Kenyon?'
A Woman Intervenes
10
The canvasser decides to state the figures on his card.
The Irish Times
11
The janitor is the traditional arch enemy of the canvasser.
From the Bottom Up: The Life Story of Alexander Irvine
12
People say all sorts of things to get a canvasser off their front step.
The Guardian
13
So somebody's voting for them, says one Fine Gael canvasser.
The Irish Times
14
His experience as a canvasser, candidate and worker at party headquarters informs his judgments.
The Irish Times
15
The Blue Committee allowed that he was an excellent canvasser.
"My Novel" — Volume 12
16
I will get you a better office and find a proper publisher and canvasser.
Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People
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Canvasser through the time