Hypertext Webster Gateway: "electorate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Electorate \E*lect"or*ate\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]lectorat.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
electorate
n : the body of enfranchised citizens; those qualified to vote
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