elector
see also: Elector
Noun
Elector
Noun
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see also: Elector
Noun
elector (plural electors)
- A person eligible to vote in an election.
- 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:
- The constitution of France says, That every man who pays a tax of sixty sous per annum (2s. and 6d. English), is an elector.
- 1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man:
- An official serving in an electoral college or similar assembly.
- (historical) In the Holy Roman Empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.
- French: électeur votard (pejorative), votant
- German: Wähler, Stimmbürger (Switzerland), Urnengänger, Wahlberechtigter
- Italian: elettore
- Portuguese: eleitor
- Russian: избира́тель
- Spanish: elector
- German: Wahlmann, Wahlfrau, Elektor
- Russian: вы́борщик
Elector
Noun
elector (plural electors), also spelled: elector
- (countable, historical) A (German) prince (prince-elector or simply elector) entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
- French: prince-électeur (princesse-électrice (Elector's wife))
- German: Kurfürst (Kurfürstin (Elector's wife))
- Italian: principe elettore
- Portuguese: príncipe-eleitor, príncipe eleitor
- Russian: курфю́рст
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