Elector /(?)/
E·lect·or
Elector
n.
- 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.
- Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote.
- In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.
- One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President.
Elector
a.
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Pertaining to an election or to electors.
In favor of the electoral and other princes.
Phrases & Compounds
- 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.