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pol

UK/pɒl//pɑl/

pol noun: a politician.

Noun (1)

pol (plural pols)

  1. (informal) A politician.
    • Journalists and pols were cozier then. President Kennedy sipped 1945 Lafite-Rothschild at the Alsops' Georgetown home, and the Alsops dined at the White House.1993 October 31, Maureen Dowd, “The WASP Descendancy”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2022
    • The knights-errant of politics could "tsk, tsk" all they wanted, but most experienced pols recognized that patronage was the lifeblood of their profession.2008, Frank P. Vazzano, Politician Extraordinaire, page 174

Noun (2) capitalized: POL

POL (countable and uncountable, plural POLs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of petroleum, oil, and lubricants; consumable supplies for vehicles and machinery, collectively.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of port of loading.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of proof of life (in abduction cases).

pol meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada and Punjabi

pol in Hindi

पोल

pol in Marathi

पोल

pol in Kannada

ಪೋಲ್, ಪೊಲ್

pol in Punjabi

ਪੋਲ
More languagesFewer languages
pol in Nepali
पोल

Forms of pol

pluralpols
pluralPOLs
alternative formP.O.L.

Origin of pol

Clipping of politician.

Phrases with pol

Words that rhyme with pol

7 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about pol

What does pol mean?
Pol means a politician.
What is pol in Hindi?
Pol in Hindi is पोल. See Pol meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pol?
Pol is a noun.
How do you pronounce pol?
Pol is pronounced /pɑl/ (US).
What is the plural of pol?
The plural of pol is pols.

Words near pol in the dictionary

  1. Pokésonas
  2. PokéStop
  3. PokéStops
  4. PokéTuber
  5. PokéTubers
  6. pol
  7. Pol Potism
  8. Pol Potist
  9. Pol Potists
  10. pol.
  11. pol. cons.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: pol (page history and authors); POL (page history and authors); pol (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pol (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pol (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pol (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pol (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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