the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. One who polls or lops trees.
n. One who polls or cuts hair; a barber.
n. One who extorts or plunders.
n. One who registers voters, or one who enters his name as a voter.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. One who polls.
n. One who lops or polls trees.
n. A pillager; a plunderer; one who fleeces by exaction.
n. One who registers voters; also, one who casts a vote at the polls.
Word Usage
"While a pushy interviewer can make for an interesting scene if the interviewee resists his/her/its ostensibly subtle blandishments, the reader may well side against a protagonist who interviews like a push-poller."