elector

CEFRB2

/ɪˈlɛktə/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who has the right to vote.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.

Examples

  • Every registered elector has the right to cast a vote.

  • Every registered elector has the right to vote in the election.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /iˈlɛktɚ/
  • /ɪˈlektə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  2. A person eligible to vote to elect a Member of Parliament.

  3. Alternative letter-case form of Elector (“a German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire”).

More examples

In context

  • The elector carefully weighed the candidates' promises.

  • But in France is practice of bribing electors is almost unknown, whilst it is notoriously and publicly carried on in England.

  • I Think this Letter, which was ſent to me by my Electors, worth printing, becauſe as it has convinced me, it may convince others.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

Every registered blank must present a valid ID before casting their vote.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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”)).