I. Polo, Mar ‧ co /ˈmɑːkəʊ $ ˈmɑːr-/ BrE AmE
(?1254–1324) an Italian traveller whose writings gave Europeans their first knowledge of life in the ↑ Far East . He went to India, southeast Asia, and China, and spent several years working for the Chinese ↑ emperor ↑ Kublai Khan .
II. Polo 1 BrE AmE ( also ˈPolo mint ) trademark
a type of hard, round, white sweet sold in the UK, which tastes of ↑ mint and has a hole in the middle. Advertisements for Polos use the phrase ‘Polo, the mint with a hole’.
III. Polo 2 BrE AmE trademark
a type of small car made by the German company Volkswagen