Poehler

P3O1E1H4L1E1R1
UK/ˈpəʊ.lə/US/ˈpoʊ.ləɹ/

proper noun

A surname from German.

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Meanings

proper nounPoehler (plural Poehlers)

plural Poehlers

  1. A surname from German.
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    Then there are the characters Rudd describes as “the full-on buffoons”, such as reporter Brian Fantana in Anchorman, who gives names to his testicles and – still my favourite Rudd performance – Andy the obnoxious summer camp counsellor in cult 2001 comedy Wet Hot American Summer, which is being revived on Netflix this summer, in which Rudd will co-star alongside original cast members including Poehler and Bradley Cooper.

    2015 July 9, Hadley Freeman, “Paul Rudd on Ant-Man, being Hollywood’s go-to nice guy and growing up with English parents in Kansas”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2018

Origin

  1. GermanPöhler
  2. EnglishPoehler

Borrowed from German Pöhler.

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APA

Poehler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Poehler

MLA

“Poehler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Poehler. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Poehler,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Poehler.

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