ELECTOR
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E*lect"or (?), n. [L., fr. eligere: cf. F. électeur.] 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.
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2. Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote.
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3. In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.
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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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E*lect"or (?), a. [Cf. F. électoral.] Pertaining to an election or to electors.
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In favor of the electoral and other princes.
Burke.
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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.
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