toller

¹

[ toh-ler ]

noun

1. a person or thing that tolls. toll.
2. Also called tolling dog. a small dog trained to entice ducks into shooting range or a trap.
3. a person who tolls toll a bell.
4. a bell used for tolling; toll; a tolling toll bell.

toller

²

[ toh-ler ]

noun

1. a toll collector.

Toller

³

[ taw-ler, tol-er; German taw-luhr ]

noun

1. Ernst [urnst, e, r, nst], 1893–1939, German dramatist.

Toller

/ ˈtɔlər /

noun

1. TollerErnst18931939MGermanTHEATRE: dramatistPOLITICS: revolutionary Ernst (ɛrnst). 1893–1939, German dramatist and revolutionary, noted particularly for his expressionist plays, esp Masse Mensch (1921)

Word History and Origins

Origin of toller¹

1400–50; Middle English: one who lures. See toll ², -er ¹

Origin of toller²

before 1000; Middle English; Old English tollere. See toll ¹, -er ¹

Example Sentences

“Living in a society on the brink of authoritarianism and of arbitrary rule, let me be a brave bell toller, ringing, waking up sleepy souls,” he said.

From New York Times

I could get a toller cask down out of a van.

From Project Gutenberg

Freighters, mine-sweepers, trawlers, and the rest of the unsung tollers of the sea continue their silent, all-important task.

From Project Gutenberg

I didn't have no call to toller, and he knowed how to run, I reckon.

From Project Gutenberg

When the Loons are on the water the Indians toll them by flashing a tin pan from the bushes behind which the toller hides till the bird is in range.

From Project Gutenberg