Definition
• | 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. |
• | Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote. |
• | In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor. |
• | One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President. |
• | Pertaining to an election or to electors. |