polo
noun
a game played on horseback between two teams, each of four players, the object being to score points by driving a wooden ball into the opponents' goal using a long-handled mallet.
poloist
-
a word derived from
polo.
Example Sentences
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The Prime Minister himself knows little of the subject except what he learned as an enthusiastic poloist in a Punjab regiment in Kipling's India.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ray Ruddy, most famed member of the family at present and usually considered the ablest water poloist in the world, is 22.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every poloist loves and reveres the name of Devereaux Milburn, most famed No. 4 of all time.
From Time Magazine Archive
The group included four footballers, the basketball captain, last year's swimming captain, the top-ranking tennis player, a poloist, a boxer and a track man.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Ridden range, haven't you?" inquired the poloist when the other came in.
From Success A Novel by Samuel Hopkins Adams
