Definition of Electar
E*lect"or (?), n. [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 (?), a. [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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man
of another man's choice.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- a person eligible to vote in an election
- a German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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