\E*lect"or\, n. [L., fr. eligere: cf. F. ['e]lecteur.]
1. One who elects, or has the right of choice; a person who
   is entitled to take part in an election, or to give his
   vote in favor of a candidate for office.
2. Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally
   qualified to vote.
3. In the old German empire, one of the princes entitled to
   choose the emperor.
4. One of the persons chosen, by vote of the people in the
   United States, to elect the President and Vice President.

\E*lect"or\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]lectoral.]
Pertaining to an election or to electors.
      In favor of the electoral and other princes. --Burke.
{Electoral college}, the body of princes formerly entitled to
   elect the Emperor of Germany; also, a name sometimes
   given, in the United States, to the body of electors
   chosen by the people to elect the President and Vice
   President.