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Elector \E*lect"or\, n. [L., fr. eligere: cf. F. ['e]lecteur.]
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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Elector \E*lect"or\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]lectoral.]
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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