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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Electorate

/ĭl-ĕk'-tẽr-ət/ · E·lect·or·ate · IPA /ɪˈlɛktəɹət/
01 n. The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.
  1. 1.
    The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.
  2. 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.