† electantn.
Etymology: < Latin ēlectant-em, present participle of ēlectāre , frequentative of ēligĕre to choose: compare elect adj., and -ant suffix1.
Obsolete.
rare.
the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [noun] > power or right of choosing > one who has
1768 A. Tucker (1852) I. 552 Man is a free agent, and a free volent..but you cannot go on further to entitle him a free electant too.
1847 in J. Craig
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