Pole

1. A native or inhabitant of Poland.
2. A person of Polish descent.

Lincoln, John de la Pole, 1st earl of (c. 1462-87). Pole's mother was Edward IV's sister Elizabeth: his father, John de la Pole, 2nd duke of Suffolk. Under Richard III he was in high favour. He served Richard as president of the Council of the North and fought for him at Bosworth. Lincoln and his father submitted to Henry VII but, with Warwick in the Tower and a boy of 10, he was the strongest Yorkist claimant to the throne. In 1487 he suddenly fled the country and returned with an invading force supporting Lambert Simnel's claim to be Warwick. He was killed at the battle of Stoke.

A pole can be a symbol of female sexuality. There are a number of idiomatic uses of the term to which a dream might be alluding, as in the expression "poles apart" or "low on the totem pole." The word is also sometimes used to refer to someone who is extremely thin.

John de la Pole may refer to:

• John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk, 2nd Marquess of Suffolk, 5th Earl of Suffolk, (1442 – 1491/92)
• John de la Pole, Earl of Lincoln (1462/1464 – 1487), son of the above

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