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Noun canvasser has 4 senses

• canvasser(n = noun.person) solicitor - a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes; Array
has particulars: fundraiser
is a kind of petitioner, requester, suppliant, supplicant
Derived form verb canvas₁

• canvasser(n = noun.person) scrutineer - someone who examines votes at an election; Array
is a kind of examiner, inspector

• canvasser(n = noun.person) headcounter, poll taker, pollster - someone who conducts surveys of public opinion; "a pollster conducts public opinion polls"; "a headcounter counts heads"
is a kind of asker, enquirer, inquirer, querier, questioner
Derived forms verb canvas₂, verb canvass₁

• canvasser(n = noun.person) Array - a person who takes or counts votes; Array
is a kind of teller, vote counter

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canvasser

Petitioner

N petitioner, solicitor, applicant, suppliant, supplicant, suitor, candidate, claimant, postulant, aspirant, competitor, bidder, place hunter, pot hunter, prizer, seeker, beggar, mendicant, moocher, panhandler, freeloader, sponger, mumper, sturdy beggar, cadger, hotel runner, runner, steerer, tout, touter, pauper, homeless person, hobo, bum, tramp, bindle stiff, bo, knight of the road (poverty), hippie, flower child, hard core unemployed, welfare client, welfare case, canvasser, bagman, salesman.

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