Noun canvasser has 4 senses
  1. solicitor, canvasser - a petitioner who solicits contributions or trade or votes
    --1 is a kind of petitioner, suppliant, supplicant
    --1 has particulars: fundraiser
    Derived form: verb canvas1
  2. scrutineer, canvasser - someone who examines votes at an election
    --2 is a kind of examiner, inspector
  3. pollster, poll taker, headcounter, canvasser - someone who conducts surveys of public opinion; "a pollster conducts public opinion polls"; "a headcounter counts heads"
    --3 is a kind of inquirer, enquirer, questioner, querier, asker
    Derived forms: verb canvas2, verb canvass1
  4. canvasser - a person who takes or counts votes
    --4 is a kind of
    teller, vote counter
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