elector
IPA: ɪɫˈɛktɝ
noun
- (politics) A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
- (Britain, Commonwealth) A person eligible to vote to elect a Member of Parliament.
- A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States.
- (historical) A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector.
- (historical) Alternative letter-case form of Elector (“a German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire”). [(historical) A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector.]
Advertisement
Examples of "elector" in Sentences
- Electoral fraud is treasonable and criminal.
- The electorate decided in favor of the unions.
- The electoral college and its meager federalism.
- The Ernestines also retained the title of Elector.
- The elector card is in the collection of the family.
- The electorate was established in the 1984 election.
- The Elector was the most important patron of the reforms.
- It was part of the Electorate of Bavaria and was a lordly estate.
- The court would set aside the certification of the electoral votes.
- The option of the body of electors to choose verbal voting was ended in 1621.
Advertisement
Advertisement