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<p><b>3.</b> <def>In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to choose the emperor.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the United States, to elect the President and Vice President.</def>

<h1>Elector</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E*lect"or</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82lectoral</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to an election or to electors.</def>

<blockquote>In favor of the <b>electoral</b> and other princes. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Electoral college</col>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<h1>Electorality</h1> <Xpage=476>

<hw>E*lect`or*al"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The territory or dignity of an elector; electorate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

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<h1>Electorate</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E*lect"or*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>\'82lectorat</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or division of them.</def>

<blockquote>The middle-class <b>electorate</b> of Great Britain. <i>M. Arnold.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Electoress</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E*lect"or*ess</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Fem. of <er>Elector</er>.]</ety> <def>An electress.</def>

<i>Bp. Burnet.</i>

<h1>Electorial</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E`lec*to"ri*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Electoral.</def>

<i>Burke.</i>

<h1>Electorship</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw>E*lect"or*ship</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The office or status of an elector.</def>

<h1>Electre, Electer</h1> <Xpage=477>

<hw><hw>E*lec"tre</hw>, <hw>E*lec"ter</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>electrum</ets>: cf. F. <ets>\'82lectre</ets> mixture of gold and silver. See <er>Electrum</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Amber. See <er>Electrum</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A metallic substance compounded of gold and silver; an alloy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>