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Polder vs Poler - What's the difference?

polder | poler |

As nouns the difference between polder and poler

is that polder is an area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes while poler is one who propels a boat using a pole.

polder

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (geography) An area of ground reclaimed from a sea or lake by means of dikes.
  • *1999 , (Philipp Blom), translating Geert Mak, Amsterdam: A Brief Life of the City , Vintage 2001, p. 43:
  • *:The patron saint of the Oude Kerk, Saint Nicolaas, the ‘water saint’, was also very popular, as he protected the sailors and those living on the polders from the dangers of the sea.

    • poler

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who propels a boat using a pole.
  • A horse harnessed alongside the shaft or pole of a vehicle.

    • Etymology 2

    See poller.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) An extortioner.
    • (Francis Bacon)

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