\Con*stit"u*ent\, a. [L. constituens, -entis, p. pr.
See {Constitute}.]
1. Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental;
   component.
         Body, soul, and reason are the three parts
         necessarily constituent of a man.     --Dryden.
2. Having the power of electing or appointing.
         A question of right arises between the constituent
         and representative body.              --Junius.

\Con*stit"u*ent\, n.
1. The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or
   constructs.
         Their first composure and origination require a
         higher and nobler constituent than chance. --Sir M.
                                               Hale
2. That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an
   essential part; a component; an element.
         We know how to bring these constituents together,
         and to cause them to form water.      --Tyndall.
3. One for whom another acts; especially, one who is
   represented by another in a legislative assembly; --
   correlative to representative.
         The electors in the district of a representative in
         Congress, or in the legislature of a State, are
         termed his constituents.              --Abbot.
         To appeal from the representatives to the
         constituents.                         --Macaulay.
4. (Law) A person who appoints another to act for him as
   attorney in fact. --Burrill.