Electoral college
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Electoral college![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Elector \E*lect"or\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]lectoral.]
Pertaining to an election or to electors.
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In favor of the electoral and other princes. --Burke.
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Electoral college, the body of princes formerly entitled to
elect the Emperor of Germany; also, a name sometimes
given, in the United States, to the body of electors
chosen by the people to elect the President and Vice
President.
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Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
electoral college
n 1: the body of electors who formally elect the United States
president and vice president
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