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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a citizen who has a legal right to vote;
[syn: voter, elector]

2. any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 2. Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote. [1913 Webster] 3. In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor. [1913 Webster] 4. One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Elector \E*lect"or\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]lectoral.] Pertaining to an election or to electors. [1913 Webster] In favor of the electoral and other princes. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

elector n 1: a citizen who has a legal right to vote [syn: voter, elector] 2: any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

ELECTOR, government. One who has the right to make choice of public officers one, who has a right to vote. 2. The qualifications of electors are generally the same as those required in the person to be elected; to this, however, there is one exception; a naturalized citizen may be an elector of president of the United States, although he could not constitutionally be elected to that office.
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

ELECTOR, n. One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man's choice.