elector

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: e=lec=tor

CIDE DICTIONARY

elector, n. [L., fr. eligere: cf. F. électeur.].

•  One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor of a candidate for office.  [1913 Webster]
•  Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote.  [1913 Webster]
•  In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.  [1913 Webster]
•  One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President.  [1913 Webster]

elector, a. [Cf. F. électoral.].

 Pertaining to an election or to electors.  [1913 Webster]
"In favor of the electoral and other princes."  [1913 Webster]

Electoral college, the body of princes formerly entitled to elect the Emperor of Germany; also, a name sometimes given, in the United States, to the body of electors chosen by the people to elect the President and Vice President.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

elector, n.
1 a person who has the right of voting to elect an MP etc.
2 (Elector) hist. a German prince entitled to take part in the election of the Emperor.
3 US a member of an electoral college.

Derivative

electorship n.

Etymology

ME f. F {eacute}lecteur f. L elector (as ELECT)

DEVIL DICTIONARY

elector

n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.

ROGET THESAURUS

elector

Master

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