poloist
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po·lo
(pō′lō)n.
1.
a. A game played by two teams of three or four players on horseback who are equipped with long-handled mallets for driving a small wooden ball through the opponents' goal.
b. Water polo.
2. A polo shirt.
[Balti (Tibeto-Burman language of Pakistan), ball; akin to Tibetan (Lhasa dialect) pulu.]
po′lo·ist n.
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poloist
(ˈpəʊləʊɪst)n
a person who plays or is devoted to polo
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