electorate
(noun) the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote
Source: WordNet® 3.1
electorate (plural electorates)
(historical) The dominion of an Elector in the Holy Roman Empire.
The collective people of a country, state, or electoral district who are entitled to vote.
The geographic area encompassing an electoral district.
• (collective people): constituency
• (geographic area): riding (Canada), constituency (United Kingdom), seat (Australia), division (Australia), ward, district, electoral district
Source: Wiktionary
E*lect"or*ate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. électorat.]
1. The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.
2. The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or division of them. The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. M. Arnold.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
11 January 2025
(noun) low evergreen shrub of high north temperate regions of Europe and Asia and America bearing red edible berries
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
