Elector vs Electorate - What's the difference?
elector | electorate |
A person eligible to vote in an election.
An official serving in an electoral college or similar assembly.
(historical) In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.
The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.
The geographic area encompassing an electoral district.
The dominion of an Elector in the Holy Roman Empire.
Electorate is a related term of elector.
As nouns the difference between elector and electorate
is that elector is a person eligible to vote in an election while electorate is the collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.elector
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Alternative forms
* electour (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)Anagrams
* * ----electorate
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(wikipedia electorate)Noun
(en noun)- The votes have been counted and the electorate has spoken.
- ''The electorate of Finchley borders on the electorate of Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, splitting the new housing estate of Royal Cupolas.
- ''Fredrick the Great, Elector of Brandenburg and King of Prussia, commanded the most powerful electorate in the Empire.