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Meaning of 'elector' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Elector [ a.]
- Pertaining to an election or to electors.
2 . Elector [ n.]
- 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.
- Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote.
- In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.
- One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President.

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eleatic eleaticism elecampane elect electant electary elected electer electic electicism

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