electoraladj.n.

Brit.

/ᵻˈlɛkt(ə)rəl/,

/ᵻˈlɛkt(ə)rl̩/, U.S.

/əˈlɛkt(ə)rəl/,

/iˈlɛkt(ə)rəl/

Etymology: < elector n. + -al suffix¹.

A. adj.

1. Relating to or composed of electors: see elector n. 1 electoral college: see college n. 1b; spec. in U.S. (see quot. 1889).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [adjective] > relating to or composed of electors

electorala1691

electorial1790

a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) VI. 107 (R.) at Elect The electoral college hath written to the king of Sweden, promising not to proceed to the imperial election.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 265 I only consider this constitution as electoral .

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 19 They would soon erect themselves into an electoral college.

1800 Deb. Congr. U.S. 23 Jan. (1851) 31 If this body of the Electors of all the States had been directed by the Constitution to assemble in one place, instead..of being formed into different Electoral colleges [etc.].

1812 W. Boylan Let. 5 Sept. in Papers of John Steele (1924) II. 689 The sense of each district may then be pretty generally represented in the Electoral College.

1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xv. 497 Control of the electoral over the representative body.

1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 413 Austria had..friends in the electoral college.

1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 197 Bozzelli followed up his scheme by an electoral law.

1852 W. E. Gladstone Exam. Reply Neapolitan Govt. 39 Extension of the electoral franchise.

1889 Cent. Dict., Electoral College a name informally given to the electors of a single State, when met to vote for President and Vice-President of the United States, and sometimes to the whole body of electors.

1903 R. L. Ashley Amer. Govt. 274 The work of the Electoral College.

1949 Pacific Discovery Jan. 3/2 Once we even elected a president of the United States through open and brazen corruption of the electoral college.

1969 Pioneer (Lucknow) 13 Aug. 1/1 The Congress has a clear majority in the Presidential electoral college.

2. Holding rank as, or belonging to, a German Elector.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [adjective] > of or relating to German elector

electoral1675

electorial1829

1675 London Gaz. No. 978/3 His Electoral Highness has convoked the States.

1788 H. Walpole Reminiscences (1924) ii. 16 George the first, while electoral prince, had married his cousin.

1834 T. B. Macaulay Earl of Chatham in Ess. (1854) I. 301 Frederick..had set his heart on the Electoral dominions of his uncle.

3. = elective adj. 1. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > [adjective] > filled by election (of an office)

elective1530

electory1660

electoral1849

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [adjective] > appointed by election

elective1530

electory1660

electoral1849

1849 J. Stephen Ess. Eccl. Biogr. (1850) I. 88 He found the Papacy electoral by the Roman people and clergy.

1866 C. W. Hoskyns Occas. Ess. 223 Harold was the favourite of the people, and their electoral king.

†B. n.

= elector n. (cf. A. 2). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > German elector

elisor1433

elector?1530

prince-elector1548

corvester1552

mootman1654

electoral1692

1692 London Gaz. No. 2816/3 The Electoral of Saxony.

1693 London Gaz. 2893/2 The Electoral gave Orders to march immediately.

1707 London Gaz. No. 4358/3 His..Majesty having written to the Electoral of Hanover.

Compounds

electoral act n. an act determining the method of parliamentary election.

ΚΠ

1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 290/2 The Constitution Act of 1856 and the Electoral Act of 1858.

1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 290/2 The Electoral Act of 1865 (29 Vic. c. 279).

1906 Westm. Gaz. 7 Feb. 2/2 The precedent of the Commonwealth Electoral Act.

Draft additions September 2018

electoral bonnet n. [after German Kurhut (1595); compare also Kurkappe (1584)] now historical an ornamental headdress worn by a German Elector (see elector n. 3); a representation of this; spec. the heraldic figure of a velvet cap within a coronet borne above the arms of Hanover as an inescutcheon on the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the period from 1801 to 1816.

ΚΠ

1689 Melius Inquirendum Birth Prince of Wales 11/2 The Cardinal of Furstenberg is not worthy to wear the Electoral Bonnet.

1738 Hist. Succession Juliers & Berg 146 In the Market-Place..is Elector John-William's Equestrian Statue, who is represented in Armour on Horse-Back, with the Electoral Bonnet on his Head.

1801 Proclam. George III in London Gaz. 3 Jan. 23/2 There shall be borne therewith on an Escocheon of Pretence the Arms of Our Dominions in Germany, ensigned with the Electoral Bonnet.

1993 Independent (Nexis) 12 Sept. 18 There is also a rather botched representation of the electoral bonnet of Hanover, but that is to quibble.

Draft additions July 2009

electoral register n. = electoral roll n. at Additions.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > one who has right to vote > list of

voting list1783

register1789

electoral register1817

electoral roll1837

checklist1888

precinct sheet1894

1817 Black Dwarf 17 Dec. 776/2 By whom the Electoral Register is to be kept.

1908 Times 27 May 13/5 The probable numerical effect upon the electoral register of giving votes to women upon a democratic basis.

2004 Time Out 31 Mar. 5/2 To vote you must be on the electoral register.

Draft additions July 2009

electoral roll n. an official list of those who are entitled to vote in elections.

ΘΚΠ

voting list1783

register1789

electoral register1817

electoral roll1837

checklist1888

precinct sheet1894

1837 J. Cartwright Polit. Syst. White Horse Apocalypse 143 Let the individuals who are not on the electoral roll, and wish to be embraced, apply here with becoming arguments.

1919 S. Peterson Democracy & Govt. ii. 118 If accepted, the applicant's name would be placed..on the electoral roll of the county or municipality of his residence.

2004 Park Home & Holiday Caravan Feb. 9/3 How do these caravan owners get on when it comes to the electoral roll if they haven't got a bricks-and-mortar address?

Draft additions March 2013

electoral vote n. the vote of a member of an electoral college; (with the) the votes cast by the electoral college in an election, considered collectively.Now chiefly in the context of U.S. presidential elections.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > systems of voting > types of vote

electoral vote1673

transferable vote1885

list vote1911

1673 R. Honywood tr. B. Nani Hist. Republick of Venice viii. 361 Bavaria..had likewise made a late Treaty with the French, in which they promising him the conservation of the Electoral Vote in his Family, both the King and Duke obliged themselves mutually to defend those Countries, which they then possessed, with a certain number of Horse and Foot.

1745 Dutch Reasoner 52 The Majority of the Electoral Votes seems to be on our Side.

1802 N.-Y. Herald 28 July 3/4 He [sc. Aaron Burr]..returned with the information..that Mr. Jefferson would unquestionably have two of the Electoral votes of that State.

1808 National Intelligencer & Washington Advertiser 5 Oct. We deemed it a duty of indispensible obligation, to endeavor to conciliate and consolidate the electoral vote of Pennsylvania in its favor.

1914 Jrnl. Race Devel. 4 303 Presidential elections in Mexico are indirect, and the mistake has arisen through a confusion of the popular vote with the electoral vote.

1932 N.Y. Times 10 Nov. 11 Although it had erred in five States..the quadrennial straw ballot of The Literary Digest proved yesterday to be within two votes of having accurately forecast the electoral vote for President.

2012 Washington Times (Nexis) 13 Feb. 4 With 270 electoral votes needed to win, Mr. Obama needs to gain 111, or 67 percent of the 162 toss-up electoral votes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	electoral
释义	electoraladj.n. Brit. /ᵻˈlɛkt(ə)rəl/, /ᵻˈlɛkt(ə)rl̩/, U.S. /əˈlɛkt(ə)rəl/, /iˈlɛkt(ə)rəl/ Etymology: < elector n. + -al suffix¹. A. adj. 1. Relating to or composed of electors: see elector n. 1 electoral college: see college n. 1b; spec. in U.S. (see quot. 1889). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [adjective] > relating to or composed of electors electorala1691 electorial1790 a1691 R. Boyle Wks. (1772) VI. 107 (R.) at Elect The electoral college hath written to the king of Sweden, promising not to proceed to the imperial election. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 265 I only consider this constitution as electoral . View more context for this quotation 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 19 They would soon erect themselves into an electoral college. View more context for this quotation 1800 Deb. Congr. U.S. 23 Jan. (1851) 31 If this body of the Electors of all the States had been directed by the Constitution to assemble in one place, instead..of being formed into different Electoral colleges [etc.]. 1812 W. Boylan Let. 5 Sept. in Papers of John Steele (1924) II. 689 The sense of each district may then be pretty generally represented in the Electoral College. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xv. 497 Control of the electoral over the representative body. 1845 S. Austin tr. L. von Ranke Hist. Reformation in Germany (ed. 2) I. 413 Austria had..friends in the electoral college. 1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 197 Bozzelli followed up his scheme by an electoral law. 1852 W. E. Gladstone Exam. Reply Neapolitan Govt. 39 Extension of the electoral franchise. 1889 Cent. Dict., Electoral College a name informally given to the electors of a single State, when met to vote for President and Vice-President of the United States, and sometimes to the whole body of electors. 1903 R. L. Ashley Amer. Govt. 274 The work of the Electoral College. 1949 Pacific Discovery Jan. 3/2 Once we even elected a president of the United States through open and brazen corruption of the electoral college. 1969 Pioneer (Lucknow) 13 Aug. 1/1 The Congress has a clear majority in the Presidential electoral college. 2. Holding rank as, or belonging to, a German Elector. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [adjective] > of or relating to German elector electoral1675 electorial1829 1675 London Gaz. No. 978/3 His Electoral Highness has convoked the States. 1788 H. Walpole Reminiscences (1924) ii. 16 George the first, while electoral prince, had married his cousin. 1834 T. B. Macaulay Earl of Chatham in Ess. (1854) I. 301 Frederick..had set his heart on the Electoral dominions of his uncle. 3. = elective adj. 1. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > [adjective] > filled by election (of an office) elective1530 electory1660 electoral1849 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > [adjective] > appointed by election elective1530 electory1660 electoral1849 1849 J. Stephen Ess. Eccl. Biogr. (1850) I. 88 He found the Papacy electoral by the Roman people and clergy. 1866 C. W. Hoskyns Occas. Ess. 223 Harold was the favourite of the people, and their electoral king. †B. n. = elector n. (cf. A. 2). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > other independent rulers > [noun] > German elector elisor1433 elector?1530 prince-elector1548 corvester1552 mootman1654 electoral1692 1692 London Gaz. No. 2816/3 The Electoral of Saxony. 1693 London Gaz. 2893/2 The Electoral gave Orders to march immediately. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4358/3 His..Majesty having written to the Electoral of Hanover. Compounds electoral act n. an act determining the method of parliamentary election. ΚΠ 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 290/2 The Constitution Act of 1856 and the Electoral Act of 1858. 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 290/2 The Electoral Act of 1865 (29 Vic. c. 279). 1906 Westm. Gaz. 7 Feb. 2/2 The precedent of the Commonwealth Electoral Act. Draft additions September 2018 electoral bonnet n. [after German Kurhut (1595); compare also Kurkappe (1584)] now historical an ornamental headdress worn by a German Elector (see elector n. 3); a representation of this; spec. the heraldic figure of a velvet cap within a coronet borne above the arms of Hanover as an inescutcheon on the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the period from 1801 to 1816. ΚΠ 1689 Melius Inquirendum Birth Prince of Wales 11/2 The Cardinal of Furstenberg is not worthy to wear the Electoral Bonnet. 1738 Hist. Succession Juliers & Berg 146 In the Market-Place..is Elector John-William's Equestrian Statue, who is represented in Armour on Horse-Back, with the Electoral Bonnet on his Head. 1801 Proclam. George III in London Gaz. 3 Jan. 23/2 There shall be borne therewith on an Escocheon of Pretence the Arms of Our Dominions in Germany, ensigned with the Electoral Bonnet. 1993 Independent (Nexis) 12 Sept. 18 There is also a rather botched representation of the electoral bonnet of Hanover, but that is to quibble. Draft additions July 2009 electoral register n. = electoral roll n. at Additions. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > one who has right to vote > list of voting list1783 register1789 electoral register1817 electoral roll1837 checklist1888 precinct sheet1894 1817 Black Dwarf 17 Dec. 776/2 By whom the Electoral Register is to be kept. 1908 Times 27 May 13/5 The probable numerical effect upon the electoral register of giving votes to women upon a democratic basis. 2004 Time Out 31 Mar. 5/2 To vote you must be on the electoral register. Draft additions July 2009 electoral roll n. an official list of those who are entitled to vote in elections. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > one who has right to vote > list of voting list1783 register1789 electoral register1817 electoral roll1837 checklist1888 precinct sheet1894 1837 J. Cartwright Polit. Syst. White Horse Apocalypse 143 Let the individuals who are not on the electoral roll, and wish to be embraced, apply here with becoming arguments. 1919 S. Peterson Democracy & Govt. ii. 118 If accepted, the applicant's name would be placed..on the electoral roll of the county or municipality of his residence. 2004 Park Home & Holiday Caravan Feb. 9/3 How do these caravan owners get on when it comes to the electoral roll if they haven't got a bricks-and-mortar address? Draft additions March 2013 electoral vote n. the vote of a member of an electoral college; (with the) the votes cast by the electoral college in an election, considered collectively.Now chiefly in the context of U.S. presidential elections. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > systems of voting > types of vote electoral vote1673 transferable vote1885 list vote1911 1673 R. Honywood tr. B. Nani Hist. Republick of Venice viii. 361 Bavaria..had likewise made a late Treaty with the French, in which they promising him the conservation of the Electoral Vote in his Family, both the King and Duke obliged themselves mutually to defend those Countries, which they then possessed, with a certain number of Horse and Foot. 1745 Dutch Reasoner 52 The Majority of the Electoral Votes seems to be on our Side. 1802 N.-Y. Herald 28 July 3/4 He [sc. Aaron Burr]..returned with the information..that Mr. Jefferson would unquestionably have two of the Electoral votes of that State. 1808 National Intelligencer & Washington Advertiser 5 Oct. We deemed it a duty of indispensible obligation, to endeavor to conciliate and consolidate the electoral vote of Pennsylvania in its favor. 1914 Jrnl. Race Devel. 4 303 Presidential elections in Mexico are indirect, and the mistake has arisen through a confusion of the popular vote with the electoral vote. 1932 N.Y. Times 10 Nov. 11 Although it had erred in five States..the quadrennial straw ballot of The Literary Digest proved yesterday to be within two votes of having accurately forecast the electoral vote for President. 2012 Washington Times (Nexis) 13 Feb. 4 With 270 electoral votes needed to win, Mr. Obama needs to gain 111, or 67 percent of the 162 toss-up electoral votes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1673
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