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Grammar : Noun

Spell : ih-lek-ter-it

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈlɛk tər ɪt

Définition of electorate

Origin : 1670s, in reference to Germany, from elector + -ate (1). Meaning "whole body of voters" is from 1879.

noun voters

Example sentences :

The people who believe in the fairies form the bulk of the Irish electorate.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

The great mass of the Irish electorate know nothing of all this.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

Are not these the very qualities most needed in our electorate?
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

He probably had some vague idea of consulting the wishes of the electorate.
Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham

He did not say "Ladies and gentlemen," or "Electorate of Birmingham," or anything of the kind.
Extract from : « Recollections » by David Christie Murray

Under him the Markgravate of Brandenburg was raised to be an electorate of the empire.
Extract from : « German Culture Past and Present » by Ernest Belfort Bax

The Electorate of Brandenburg adopted the alliance, that of Saxony rejected it.
Extract from : « The Thirty Years War, Complete » by Friedrich Schiller

Nothing could be more desolate than the condition of the electorate.
Extract from : « History of the United Netherlands, 1586-89, Vol. II. Complete » by John Lothrop Motley

Never in the history of American "uplift" had an electorate been in this manner wooed!
Extract from : « A Far Country, Complete » by Winston Churchill

Mnster belonged then, as is known, to the Electorate of Cologne.
Extract from : « The Violoncello and Its History » by Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski

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