elector

«elector» in Mova's school dictionary: a person who has the right to vote in an election — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an elector, electors)

meaning for a pupil

1) An elector is a person who has the right to vote in an election. tree →

2) (USA) An elector is a member of the Electoral College, who formally chooses the President. tree →

3) (history) An Elector was one of the princes who chose the Holy Roman Emperor. tree →

sense in the lessons

In citizenship lessons electors are voters: in many countries adults over a certain age are electors and their names are on the electoral roll. Phrases: «the electorate» (all the voters together), «the electoral roll», «the Electoral College».

examples

• Every elector gets one vote. tree →
• The electors queued at the polling station. tree →
• Candidates try to win the support of electors. tree →
• In the USA, electors from each state choose the President. tree →
• The Elector of Saxony was a powerful prince. tree →
• Only adults can be electors in a general election. tree →

note

Countable: an elector, electors («an» because of the vowel sound). Related: «elect», «election», «electorate», «electoral». In everyday talk people say «voter». Not the same as «electrician» or «electric».

In the corpora

• Whoever reaches 270 of the 538 electors becomes president.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «elector» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.