I. con ‧ sti ‧ tu ‧ ent 1 AC /kənˈstɪtʃuənt/ BrE AmE noun [countable]
[ Date: 1700-1800 ; Language: French ; Origin: constituant , from the present participle of constituer 'to constitute' , from Latin constituere ; ⇨ ↑ constitute ]
1 . someone who votes in a particular area
2 . one of the substances or things that combine to form something
constituent of
Sodium is one of the constituents of salt.
II. constituent 2 AC BrE AmE adjective [only before noun] formal
[ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: present participle of constituere ; ⇨ ↑ constitute ]
being one of the parts of something:
the EU and its constituent members