elector
Syllables: elect·or/ɪˈlɛktə/US/ɪˈlɛktɚ/
elector noun: a person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter. Also the alternative letter-case form of Elector.
Noun (1)
elector (plural electors)
- A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
- 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.1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number XXXV. The Same Subject [the general power of taxation] Continued.”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New...
- The conſtitution of France ſays, that every man who pays a tax of ſixty ſous per annum, (2s. and 6d. Engliſh), is an elector.— [...] Can any thing be more limited, and at the ſame time more capricious, than what the qualifications of electors are in England? [...] Capricious—becauſe the loweſt...1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: […] J. S. Jordan, […], →OCLC, pages 56–57
- A person eligible to vote to elect a Member of Parliament.
- I Think this Letter, which was ſent to me by my Electors, worth printing, becauſe as it has convinced me, it may convince others.1701, J. D. [Fothers?], H. W., T. S., R. L. [et al.], “To the Bookseller”, in A Letter from Some Electors, to One of Their Representatives in Parliament. Shewing the Electors Sentiments, Touching the...
- The constitutional right of the Electors to exact pledges, from Candidates who are soliciting the honour of representing the nation in Parliament, has been frequently agitated, and as loudly contended for as manfully resisted, at different periods of effervescence; [...]1818, Kent [pseudonym], “Pledges for Parliamentary Conduct”, in A View of the Great Constitutional Questions, Addressed to the Electors of the United Kingdom. (Part the First.), Canterbury, Kent: […]...
- A member of an electoral college; specifically (US) an official selected by a state as a member of the Electoral College to elect the president and vice president of the United States.
- The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his Office during the Term of four Years, and, together with the Vice-President chosen for the same Term, be elected, as follows / Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof...1787 September 17, “[Constitution of the United States]”, in The Constitution of the United States: A Transcription, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, archived from the...
- The electors were originally designed to be the agents of a State, armed with plenary authority to cast its vote for President and Vice-President in such manner as the agents themselves or a majority of them might will, all danger of abuse of the trust being intended to be averted by the selection...1906, J[ohn] Hampden Dougherty, “The Electoral System should be Abolished—Defects in the Provisions of the Constitution Regarding the Presidential Succession”, in The Electoral System of the United...
Noun (2) capitalized: Elector
Elector (plural Electors)
- A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector.
- In one of the conflicts, the [Holy Roman] emperor himſelf was put to flight, and very near being made priſoner by the elector of Saxony.1788, Publius [pseudonym; James Madison], “Number XIX. The Subject [the insufficiency of the present confederation to preserve the Union] Continued, with Farther Examples.”, in The Federalist: A...
- [T]he seven Imperial electors who chose the [Holy Roman] emperor controlled him by the pledges exacted from him as the price of his election. These electors were the king of Bohemia, the rulers of Saxony, Brandenburg, and the Palatinate, and the "spiritual electors"—the archbishops of Cologne...1961, Will Durant, Ariel Durant, “Imperial Armageddon: 1564–1648”, in The Age of Reason Begins: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo...
Also used as
elector is also the alternative letter-case form of Elector.
elector meaning in Hindi, Arabic, Malay and Indonesian
elector in Hindi
- person eligible to vote in an election
- निर्वाचक nirvācak
elector in Arabic
- person eligible to vote in an election
- نَاخِب nāḵib, نَاخِبَة nāḵiba
elector in Malay
- person eligible to vote in an election
- pengundi
elector in Indonesian
- person eligible to vote in an election
- pemilih
More languagesFewer languages
- elector in Persian
- رأیدهنده ra'y-dahande
- elector in Vietnamese
- cử tri
Examples of elector in a sentence
- But in France is practice of bribing electors is almost unknown, whilst it is notoriously and publicly carried on in England.1835, Alexis de Tocqueville, “Government of the Democracy in America”, in Henry Reeve, transl., Democracy in America. […], volume II...
- India is to have a new Constitution, under which certain limited powers will be assigned to elected representatives. [...] Who, then, are to be the electors in rural constituencies?1919 May 23, “The Indian Franchise. The Political Centre of Gravity.”, in The Near East, volume XV, number 420, London: […] St. Clements...
- They vote for electors from their respective state.2009, Michael Duvalle, “Electoral Votes”, in Complete Book of Historic Presidential Firsts: With Fascinating Details & Factual Tidbits...
- Faithless electors were nothing new in Wallace County.2015, Pate McMichael, “Election Night: Tuesday, November 5, 1968”, in Klandestine: How a Klan Lawyer and a Checkbook Journalist Helped...
Forms of elector
| plural | electors |
|---|---|
| alternative form | electour |
| plural | Electors |
| alternative form | elector |
Origin of elector
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”)).
Words formed from elector
- Electress Consort
- Electress
- Prince-Elector
- Princess-Electress
- electoral
- electorally
- electorate
- electoress
- electorial
- electorship
- faithless elector
- nonelector
Words that rhyme with elector
Questions about elector
- What does elector mean?
- Elector means a person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
- What is elector in Hindi?
- Elector in Hindi is निर्वाचक (nirvācak). See Elector meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use elector in a sentence?
- But in France is practice of bribing electors is almost unknown, whilst it is notoriously and publicly carried on in England.
- What part of speech is elector?
- Elector is a noun.
- How do you pronounce elector?
- Elector is pronounced /ɪˈlɛktə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of elector?
- The plural of elector is electors.
Words near elector in the dictionary
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