elector

Noun
  1. A citizen who has a legal right to vote (synset 110780008)
    is a type of: citizen - a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
    subtypes:
    • constituent - a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes
    • crossover, crossover voter - a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party
    • floater - a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
    • floating voter, swing voter - a voter who has no allegiance to any political party and whose unpredictable decisions can swing the outcome of an election one way or the other
    belongs to: electorate - the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote
    same as: voter
  2. Any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire (synset 110492858)
    is a type of: prince - a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
    specific instances: frederick william, great elector - the Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688)

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