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Noun[edit]
electorate (plural electorates)
- (historical) The dominion of an Elector in the Holy Roman Empire.
- 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin 2017, page 187:
- Brandenburg, emerging around what would become Berlin, acquired distinct status as an electorate in the mid-fourteenth century.
- The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.
- The votes have been counted and the electorate has spoken.
- 2019 August 10, Gordon Brown, “The very idea of a United Kingdom is being torn apart by toxic nationalism”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Incoming governments normally announce that they will seek to serve the whole electorate.
- The geographic area encompassing an electoral district.
- The electorate of Finchley borders on the electorate of Much-Binding-in-the-Marsh, splitting the new housing estate of Royal Cupolas.
- (New Zealand) A parliamentary district.
Synonyms[edit]
- (collective people): constituency
- (geographic area): riding (Canada), constituency (United Kingdom), seat (Australia), division (Australia), ward, district, electoral district
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
those entitled to vote collectively
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geographic area encompassing electoral district — see electoral district
dominion of an elector in the Holy Roman Empire
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References[edit]
- “electorate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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