Definitions for catchpoll
catch·poll

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Catchpollnoun

   A serjeant; a bum-bailiff.

   Etymology: from catch and poll.

   Though now it be used as a word of contempt, yet, in ancient times, it seems to have been used without reproach, for such as we now call serjeants of the mace, or any other that uses to arrest men upon any cause. John Cowell.

   They call all temporal businesses undersheriffries, as if they were but matters for undersheriffs and catchpolls; though many times those undersheriffries do more good than their high speculations. Francis Bacon, Essays.

   Another monster,
   Sullen of aspect, by the vulgar call’d
   A catchpoll, whose polluted hands the gods,
   With force incredible and magick charms,
   Erst have endu’d, if he his ample palm
   Should haply on ill fated shoulder lay
   Of debtor. Philips.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. catchpoll

   Catchpole is an uncommon surname, being a type of tax collector in medieval England. The name is a combination of Old English (cace-, catch) and medieval Latin (pullus, a chick). It derives from the image that people who owed tax were as difficult to catch as farmyard hens. The Catchpole name is from Dorset, southern England. At that time, tax-gathering was contracted out, a system called tax farming. The catchpole paid a lump sum to be authorised to collect taxes from a given area or population, and was then able to keep whatever he could extract, using almost any method he came up with. Later, the duties of the 'catchpole' were those of a legal official, working for the bailiff. He was mainly responsible for collecting debts, using methods hardly more restrained than those of his tax gathering forebears.The suggestion that the name derives from a long wooden pole with a noose or barbed fork on one end, used to apprehend those who owed money, is incorrect. However 'catchpole' is the name of such a tool, used still today, mostly by animal control officials to ensnare uncontrolled animals such as aggressive dogs.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Catchpollnoun

   a bailiff's assistant

2. Etymology: [OF. chacepol, chacipol.]

How to pronounce catchpoll?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of catchpoll in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of catchpoll in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

References

1. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=catchpoll
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catchpoll
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/catchpoll