toller

[ toh-ler ]

/ ˈtoʊ lər /

noun

a person or thing that tolls.

Also called tolling dog. a small dog trained to entice ducks into shooting range or a trap.

a person who tolls a bell.

a bell used for tolling; a tolling bell.

Origin of toller

1400–50; Middle English: one who lures. See toll², -er¹

toller

[ toh-ler ]

/ ˈtoʊ lər /

noun

a toll collector.

Origin of toller

before 1000; Middle English; Old English tollere. See toll¹, -er¹

Toller

[ taw-ler, tol-er; German taw-luh r ]

/ ˈtɔ lər, ˈtɒl ər; German ˈtɔ lər /

noun

Ernst

[urnst; German ernst] /ɜrnst; German ɛrnst/, 1893–1939, German dramatist.

Examples from the Web for toller

Why should I get riled because she says that Mrs. Toller is going to take a house for eighty pounds a year?
If Winter Comes|A.S.M. Hutchinson
Toller first floated into public notice on the fame of Rodman, who by an irony of fate is now all but forgotten.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, July 28th, 1920|Various
From the same source, doubtless, came his secret for "setting Toller's mind at rest."
Mad Shepherds|L. P. Jacks
The Rucastles will be gone by that time, and Toller will, we hope, be incapable.
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes|A. Conan Doyle

Those houses in King's Close are going to be eighty pounds a year, and what do you think, Mrs. Toller is going to take one!
If Winter Comes|A.S.M. Hutchinson

British Dictionary definitions for toller

Toller

/ (German ˈtɔlər) /

noun

Ernst (ɛrnst). 1893–1939, German dramatist and revolutionary, noted particularly for his expressionist plays, esp Masse Mensch (1921)

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