-tə(r) also -ˌtȯ(ə)r or -ˌtȯ(ə) noun
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Etymology: Middle English electour, from Middle French electeur, from Latin elector one that chooses, from electus (past participle of eligere to pick out, choose) + -or
: one who is entitled to vote especially in a political election
the numerous unthinking electors who cast ballots in response to superficial and emotional appeals — Alexander Brady
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a.
[Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French electeur, from Medieval Latin elector, from Latin, one that chooses]
: one of the German princes entitled to take part in choosing the sovereign head of the Holy Roman Empire
the elector of Hanover
b. : a member of the electoral college that elects the president and vice-president of the U.S.
in 1860 he was presidential elector on the Douglas ticket — H.E.Nettles