floterial

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English

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps related to float, even floating voter?”)

Adjective

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floterial (not comparable)

  1. (US, politics) Of an electoral district composed of two or more towns or precincts due to an inability of either town to produce a sufficient constituency for its own representation.

Noun

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floterial (plural floterials)

  1. (US, politics) An electoral district of this kind.
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