Toller

¹ American  

[taw-ler, tol-er, taw-luhr] / ˈtɔ lər, ˈtɒl ər, ˈtɔ lər /

noun

1. Ernst 1893–1939, German dramatist.

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toller ² American  

[toh-ler] / ˈtoʊ lər /

noun

1. a toll collector.

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toller ³ American  

[toh-ler] / ˈtoʊ lər /

noun

1. a person or thing that tolls. toll.

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

3. a person who tolls toll a bell.

4. a bell used for tolling; toll; a tolling toll bell.

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Toller British  

/ ˈtɔlər /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of toller¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English tollere. See toll ¹, -er ¹

Origin of toller¹

1400–50; Middle English: one who lures. See toll ², -er ¹

Example Sentences

“Living in a society on the brink of authoritarianism and of arbitrary rule, let me be a brave bell toller, ringing, waking up sleepy souls,” he said.

From New York Times

I could get a toller cask down out of a van.

From Project Gutenberg

Freighters, mine-sweepers, trawlers, and the rest of the unsung tollers of the sea continue their silent, all-important task.

From Project Gutenberg

I didn't have no call to toller, and he knowed how to run, I reckon.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet with all his mock-heroic notoriety, the toller Pückler was by no means destitute of those practical qualities which tempered the Teutonic Romanticism, even in its earliest and most extravagant developments.

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