elector

Meaning

1. A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
2. (British, Commonwealth) A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
3. A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
4. (alt-of, historical) A person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.

Synonyms

voter

constituent

selector

qualified voter

electorate

dialer

chooser

Translations

électeur

elector

Wähler

elettore

eleitor

Wahlmann

seçmen

kiezer

Kurfürst

votante

votant

εκλογέας

Wählerin

ψηφοφόρος

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈlɛktə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: electour

In summary

From Middle English electour (“one with a right to vote in electing some office, elector”), borrowed from Late Latin ēlēctor (“chooser, selector; voter, elector”), from Latin ēligere (“to elect”) + -tor (suffix forming masculine agent nouns), equivalent to elect + -or. Ēligere is the present active infinitive of ēligō (“to extract, pluck or root out; (figurative) to choose, elect, pick out”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + legō (“to appoint, choose, select”) (from Proto-Italic *legō (“to gather, collect”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)).