Elector

Other forms: Electors

Definitions of Elector
  1. noun
    any of the German princes who were entitled to vote in the election of new emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
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    examples:
    Frederick William
    the Elector of Brandenburg who rebuilt his domain after its destruction during the Thirty Years' War (1620-1688)
    type of:
    prince
    a male member of a royal family other than the sovereign (especially the son of a sovereign)
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