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selectorate

noun

Etymology

Blend of select + electorate.

  1. derived from *leǵ-✻ — “to collect, gather”
  2. derived from *legō✻ — “to gather, collect”
  3. derived from ēligere — “to elect”
  4. derived from ēlēctor — “chooser, selector; voter, elector”
  5. inherited from electour — “one with a right to vote in electing some office, elector”
  6. formed as electorate — “elector + -ate”
  7. compounded as selectorate — “select + electorate”

Definitions

  1. The group of people involved in making a selection, e.g. to select a party's candidate…

    The group of people involved in making a selection, e.g. to select a party's candidate for an election.

  2. The members of a political party with voting rights.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA