pollman

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Pollman^¹

proper noun Pollmans

A surname.

pollman^²

Where it comes from

Blend of poll (“ordinary university degree”) + man. First part from Ancient Greek πολλοί (polloí, “the many, the masses”). Second part from Middle English man, from Old English mann m (“human being, person, man”).

noun pollmen

UK, historical One who takes an ordinary university degree, without honours. Even the wretched pollmen cannot be expected to unravel the quirks and catches in their elementary papers with any degree of credit, unless they have been privately trained for the purpose.
Similar: passman, poll

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@misc{pollman_2026,
  title = {pollman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pollman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}