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e⋅lec⋅tor

  [i-lek-ter]
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–noun
1. a person who elects or may elect, esp. a qualified voter.
2. a member of the electoral college of the U.S.
3. (usually initial capital letter) one of the German princes entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME electo(u)r < LL ēlēctor chooser, equiv. to eleg-, var. s. of ēligere (see elect ) + -tor -tor
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e·lec·tor   (ĭ-lěk'tər)   
n.  
  1. A qualified voter in an election.
  2. A member of the Electoral College of the United States.
  3. One of the German princes of the Holy Roman Empire entitled to elect the emperor.
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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.

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.

Elector

E*lect"or\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]lectoral.] 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 Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : elector
Spanish: elector,
German: der, *die Wähler(in),
Japanese: 有権者
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Main Entry: elec·tor
Function: noun
1 : a person who is qualified to vote
2 : a member of the electoral college in the U.S.
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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