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adjective chosen by vote, as for an office (contrasted with appointed): an elected official.
noun the elected, elect (def. 10).
a politician, officer, or official who has been chosen by vote: Volunteer readers include published authors and local electeds who care deeply about the future of our libraries.
Origin of elected First recorded in 1550–60; elect + -ed2
OTHER WORDS FROM elected self-e·lect·ed, adjective un·e·lect·ed, adjective Words nearby elected Eleatic, Eleazar, elecampane, elect, electable, elected , election, election cake, Election Day, election district, electioneer
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But he elected instead to have a very visible affair with a music-hall star.
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Finally free of Japanese interference, Korea elected its first autonomous government in almost half a century.
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Brother Isaac Turley, who had traveled a portion of the road and who was an experienced traveler, was elected wagon-master.
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After he is elected mayor he may break his pledges to these organizations, but as soon as he does he's through.
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Most of its members were nominated at birth or in childhood and elected as soon as they were twenty-one.
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They elected captains and standard-bearers, and divided all the citizens capable of bearing arms into regiments and companies.
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Carroll was temporary Chairman; Reynolds was elected permanent Chairman.
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