1.
[syn: voter, elector]
2. any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Elector \E*lect"or\, n. [L., fr. eligere: cf. F. ['e]lecteur.]
1. 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.
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2. Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally
qualified to vote.
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3. In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to
choose the emperor.
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4. One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the
United States, to elect the President and Vice President.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Elector \E*lect"or\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]lectoral.]
Pertaining to an election or to electors.
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In favor of the electoral and other princes. --Burke.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
elector
n 1: a citizen who has a legal right to vote [syn: voter,
elector]
2: any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the
election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
ELECTOR, government. One who has the right to make choice of public officers
one, who has a right to vote.
2. The qualifications of electors are generally the same as those
required in the person to be elected; to this, however, there is one
exception; a naturalized citizen may be an elector of president of the
United States, although he could not constitutionally be elected to that
office.
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man
of another man's choice.