adj having the power of electing or appointing.
2. constituent ·adj serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.
3. constituent ·noun the person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
4. constituent ·noun a person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.
5. constituent ·noun that which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element.
6. constituent ·noun one for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly;
correlative to representative.