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Webster 1913 Edition

Elector

E-lect′or

,
Noun.
[L., fr.
eligere
: cf. F.
électeur
.]
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.
2.
Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote.
3.
In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.
4.
One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President.

E-lect′or

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
électoral
.]
Pertaining to an election or to electors.
In favor of the
electoral
and other princes.
Burke.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Elector

ELECT'OR

,
Noun.
One who elects, or one who has the right of choice; a person who has,by law or constitution, the right of voting for an officer, In free governments, the people or such of them as possess certain qualifications of age, character and property, are the electors of their representatives, &c., in parliament, assembly, or other legislative body. In the United States, certain persons are appointed or chosen to be electors of the president or chief magistrate. In Germany, certain princes were formerly electors of the emperor, and elector was one of their titles, as the elector of Saxony.

Definition 2024

Elector

Elector

See also: elector

English

Noun

Elector ‎(plural Electors), also spelled: elector

  1. A (German) prince (prince-elector or simply elector) entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.

Translations

Related terms

  • Electress, electress
  • Electress Consort, electress consort
  • Princess-Electress, princess-electress

Anagrams

elector

elector

See also: Elector

English

Alternative forms

Noun

elector ‎(plural electors)

  1. A person eligible to vote in an election.
  2. An official serving in an electoral college or similar assembly.
  3. (historical) In the Holy Roman Empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.

Translations

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

elector m ‎(plural electors, feminine electora)

  1. voter, elector

Spanish

Noun

elector m ‎(plural electores, feminine electora)

  1. voter, elector

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)

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