TOLLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does toller mean? 

• TOLLER (noun)
  The noun TOLLER has 2 senses:

1. a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)

2. someone employed to collect tolls

  Familiarity information: TOLLER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOLLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bell ringer; ringer; toller

Hypernyms ("toller" is a kind of...):

signaler; signaller (someone who communicates by signals)

Derivation:

toll (ring slowly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Someone employed to collect tolls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

toll agent; toll collector; toll taker; toller; tollgatherer; tollkeeper; tollman

Hypernyms ("toller" is a kind of...):

employee (a worker who is hired to perform a job)

 Context examples 

Toller lets him loose every night, and God help the trespasser whom he lays his fangs upon.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Toller, for that is his name, is a rough, uncouth man, with grizzled hair and whiskers, and a perpetual smell of drink.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)