Definition of "Poll"

Poll¹

/pɑl/

proper noun
1. A diminutive of the female given name Mary.
  Quotations
  "A gentleman, please Sir," said the blushing Mary, (or Poll as some unrespective and light-minded persons have misnamed her), and the gentleman entered.
  1833 The Pilgrim Brothers [signed Timotheus Scribewell], Romances of Chivalric Ages, H. Cope, page iv
2. A common pet name for a parrot.
noun
plural Polls
1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A disreputable woman.

Poll²

proper noun
1. A surname transferred from the given name.