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English Dictionary: Elector by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elector \E*lect"or\, a. [Cf. F. [82]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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Elector \E*lect"or\, n. [L., fr. eligere: cf. F. [82]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.
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