polled
Americanadjective
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hornless, especially genetically hornless, as the Aberdeen Angus.
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Obsolete. having the hair cut off.
adjective
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(of animals, esp cattle) having the horns cut off or being naturally hornless
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archaic shorn of hair; bald
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of polled
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at poll 1, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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Softening an accent is common, the survey results suggest, with 13% of Britons polled admitting to changing the way they speak to sound more professional, with Cockneys and Scots more likely to do this.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Economists polled by The Wall Street Journal were expecting a reading of 25.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The P/E ratios are prices divided by rolling consensus 12-month earnings-per-share estimates among analysts polled by FactSet.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
At that time, 41% of Democrats polled were still undecided.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
When I polled some accomplished writers about which style manuals they had con- sulted during their apprenticeships, the most common answer I got was “none.”
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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