elector : Idioms & Phrases

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Electoral college

  • noun the body of electors who formally elect the United States president and vice president
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  • the body of princes formerly entitled to elect the Emperor of Germany; also, a name sometimes given, in the United States, to the body of electors chosen by the people to elect the President and Vice President.
Webster 1913

great elector

  • noun the Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688)
    Frederick William.
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