polo

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A ball game played on horseback in which two teams use long mallets to hit a ball into the other team's goal.

   I play polo with my friends from the country club.

2. 2
   noun

   A casual shirt with a collar and a few buttons at the neck; a polo shirt.

   He wore a plain blue polo and jeans.

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Simplified etymology

Polo, adopted in the late 19th century as the name of the game, comes from a Balti Tibetan word meaning “ball.”

From Italian Polo and Spanish Polo.

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