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ELECTORATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electorate mean? 

ELECTORATE (noun)
  The noun ELECTORATE has 1 sense:

1. the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to voteplay

  Familiarity information: ELECTORATE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ELECTORATE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("electorate" is a kind of...):

citizenry; people (the body of citizens of a state or country)

Meronyms (members of "electorate"):

constituency (the body of voters who elect a representative for their area)

vote (a body of voters who have the same interests)

elector; voter (a citizen who has a legal right to vote)

Derivation:

elect (select by a vote for an office or membership)


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