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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elector/#m1)

2) (USA) An elector is a member of the Electoral College, who formally chooses the President. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elector/#m2)

3) (history) An Elector was one of the princes who chose the Holy Roman Emperor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elector/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elector/#x1)
- The electors queued at the polling station. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elector/#x2)
- Candidates try to win the support of electors. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elector/#x3)
- In the USA, electors from each state choose the President. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elector/#x4)
- The Elector of Saxony was a powerful prince. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elector/#x5)
- Only adults can be electors in a general election. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elector/#x6)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/16-us-elections-and-the-president-as-reported/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «elector» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/elector/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.