electorate

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.”

2. isim The office, or area of dominion, of an Elector (“a German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire”); an electorship.

   “The line of demarcation [between Protestantism and Roman Catholicism] ran, as it still runs, through the midst of the Netherlands, of Germany, and of Switzerland, dividing province from province, electorate from electorate, and canton from canton.”

3. isim A geographical area represented by one or more elected officials; a constituency, 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.”