elector Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a citizen who has a legal right to vote
    voter.
  2. noun any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire

WordNet

E*lect"or noun
Etymology
L., fr. eligere: cf. F. électeur.
Definitions
  1. One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his vote in favor of a candidate for office.
  2. Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote.
  3. In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.
  4. One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President.
E*lect"or adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. électoral.
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to an election or to electors.
    In favor of the electoral and other princes. Burke.

Webster 1913