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voter

   Also found in: Legal, Acronyms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.01 sec.
vot·er  (vtr)
n.
1. One who votes.
2. One who has the right to vote.
voter [ˈvəʊtə]
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person who can or does vote
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.votervoter - a citizen who has a legal right to vote
elector
electorate - the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote
constituent - a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes; "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected"
citizen - a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community
crossover voter, crossover - a voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party
floater - a voter who votes illegally at different polling places in the same election
floating voter, swing voter - a voter who has no allegiance to any political party and whose unpredictable decisions can swing the outcome of an election one way or the other
Translations
voter [ˈvəʊtəʳ] N (gen) → votante mf; (in election) → elector(a) m/f
voter [ˈvəʊtər] n → électeur/trice m/f
vote-winner [ˈvəʊtwɪnər] n → atout m électoral
voter
n → Wähler(in) m(f)
voter [ˈvəʊtəʳ] n → elettore/trice
voter [ˈvəʊtəʳ] n → elettore/trice


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A GREAT Philanthropist who had thought of himself in connection with the Presidency and had introduced a bill into Congress requiring the Government to loan every voter all the money that he needed, on his personal security, was explaining to a Sunday-school at a railway station how much he had done for the country, when an angel looked down from Heaven and wept.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
I am glad to add, however, that at the present time the disposition to vote against the white man merely because he is white is largely disappearing, and the race is learning to vote from principle, for what the voter considers to be for the best interests of both races.
Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context
The colored man, by the law of Ohio, cannot be a voter, and, till within a few years, was even denied the right of testimony in legal suits with the white.
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Stowe, Harriet Beecher View in context
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