Elector

Quick meaning: Elector is a noun meaning (politics) A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.

Meaning

(politics) A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.

Example Sentences

But in France is practice of bribing electors is almost unknown, whilst it is notoriously and publicly carried on in England.

In the courſe of not many years muſt the electours of one place grapple in the waves for their town, and at preſent a ſeptennial conſequence is given to a heap of ruins.

Where the qualifications of the electors are the ſame, whether they have to chooſe a ſmall or a large number their votes will fall upon thoſe in whom they have the moſt confidence; whether thoſe happen to be men of large fortunes or of moderate property or of no property at all.

Word Forms

• electors
• electour

Synonyms for elector

Depending on context, synonyms include voter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include voter, constituency, election, electoral, ballot, vote.

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