noun
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elector
Elector (noun) means someone with the right to vote in an election.
noun
1
Someone with the right to vote in an election.
2
(UK) A person entitled to vote for a Member of Parliament.
3
(US) A person chosen by a state to formally cast a vote for president and vice president.
4
Another way of writing 'Elector', the title of a German prince with the right to choose the Holy Roman Emperor.
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Etymology
From Middle English electour (“one with a right to vote in electing some office, elector”), borrowed from Late Latin ēlēctor (“chooser, selector; voter, elector”), from Latin ēligere (“to elect”) + -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns), equivalent to elect + -or. Ēligere is the present active infinitive of ēligō (“to extract, pluck or root out; (figurative) to choose, elect, pick out”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + legō (“to appoint, choose, select”) (from Proto-Italic *legō (“to gather, collect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)).
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What is the meaning of elector?
"elector" (noun) means someone with the right to vote in an election.
What is another word for elector?
Other words for "elector" include voter.
What are the different meanings of elector?
"elector" has 3 main meanings: 1. Someone with the right to vote in an election; 2. (UK) A person entitled to vote for a Member of Parliament; 3. (US) A person chosen by a state to formally cast a vote for president and vice president.
