n. [ L., fr. eligere: cf. F. électeur. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. électoral. ] Pertaining to an election or to electors. [ 1913 Webster ]

In favor of the electoral and other princes. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate. [ R. ] Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. électorat. ] 1. The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or division of them. [ 1913 Webster ]

The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fem. of Elector. ] An electress. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Electoral. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or status of an elector.