Elector vs Suffrage - What's the difference?
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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.
(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.
(US) The right of women to vote.
(countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
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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.
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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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* electour (obsolete)Noun
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(wikipedia suffrage)Noun
(en-noun)- universal suffrage''''', ''women's '''suffrage''''', ''negro '''suffrage
- I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful.
- Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers.
- Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine.