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Elector vs Suffrage - What's the difference?

elector | suffrage |

As nouns the difference between elector and suffrage

is that elector is a (german) prince (prince-elector or simply elector) entitled to elect the emperor of the holy roman empire while suffrage is (uncountable) the right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision.

elector

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Alternative forms

* electour (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
  • Anagrams

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    suffrage

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision.
  • (countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
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  • The right to vote for elected officials in a representative democracy.
  • universal suffrage''''', ''women's '''suffrage''''', ''negro '''suffrage
  • (US) The right of women to vote.
  • (countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
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  • * (rfdate) Creed of Pope Pius IV
  • I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.
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  • (countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
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  • (uncountable) Aid, intercession.
  • Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
  • * Atterbury
  • Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers.
  • * South
  • Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine.

    Synonyms

    * (right to vote) franchise