Electorate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Electorate \E*lect"or*ate\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]lectorat.]
     1. The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as
        in the old German empire.
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     2. 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.
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              The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. --M.
                                                    Arnold.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  electorate
       n : the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "electorate":
     Kreis, archbishopric, archdiocese, arrondissement, bailiwick,
     bishopric, borough, canton, chooser, city, commune,
     congressional district, constablewick, constituency, constituents,
     county, departement, diocese, district, duchy, elector,
     electoral college, electoral district, electors, government,
     hamlet, hundred, magistracy, metropolis, metropolitan area, oblast,
     okrug, optant, parish, precinct, principality, province, region,
     riding, selector, sheriffalty, sheriffwick, shire, shrievalty,
     soke, stake, state, territory, town, township, village, voter,
     wapentake, ward