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Elector en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (historical) A German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire; a prince-elector.
   • [T]he seven Imperial electors who chose the [Holy Roman] emperor controlled him by the pledges exacted from him as the price of his election. These electors were the king of Bohemia, the rulers of Saxony, Brandenburg, and the Palatinate, and the "spiritual electors"—the archbishops of Cologne, Trier, and Mainz. 1961, Will Durant, Ariel Durant, “Imperial Armageddon: 1564–1648”, in The Age of Reason Begins: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Shakespeare, Bacon, Montaigne, Rembrandt, Galileo, and Descartes: 1558–1648 (The Story of Civilization; 7), New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 538:
   • In one of the conflicts, the [Holy Roman] emperor himſelf was put to flight, and very near being made priſoner by the elector of Saxony. 1788, Publius [pseudonym; James Madison], “Number XIX. The Subject [the insufficiency of the present confederation to preserve the Union] Continued, with Farther Examples.”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume I, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A. M‘Lean, […], →OCLC, page 117:
   • Hanover, seat of the electors, was an attractive small town set on the River Leine. [...] The electoral court was in residence at Herrenhausen only between May and October, so that by the beginning of November 1709 the only activity was in one of the private wings where Caroline of Ansbach, wife of the elector’s heir, had chosen to give birth to her second child. 1995, Veronica P. M. Baker-Smith, “An Electoral Family”, in A Life of Anne of Hanover, Princess Royal (Publications of the Sir Thomas Browne Institute Leiden; no. 13 (New Series)), Leiden; New York, N.Y.: E[vert] J[an] Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 1:

Forms

Deriveds

prince-elector · electress · princess-electress · electress consort · Prince-Elector · Electress · Princess-Electress · Electress Consort

Translations (35)

fo kjørfúrsti (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · be курфю́рст (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · et kuurvürst (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · hu választófejedelem (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · cs kurfiřt (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · uk курфю́рст (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · nl keurvorst (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · bg курфю́рст (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · el ελέκτορας (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · ja 選帝侯 (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · ko 선제후 (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · vi tuyển đế hầu (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · is kjörfursti (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · sk kurfirst (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · sv kurfurste (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · pt príncipe eleitor (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · it principe elettore (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · ru курфю́рст (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · af keurvors (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · vo davälahiplin (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · lt kurfiurstas (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · fi vaaliruhtinas (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · pl elektor (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · da kurfyrste (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · nn kurfyrste (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · la princeps elector (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · pt príncipe-eleitor (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · vo davälaplin (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · eo princo-elektisto (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · de Kurfürst (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · la princeps elector imperii (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · cmn 選帝侯 /选帝侯 (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · la elector (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · fr prince-électeur (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire) · nb kurfyrste (German prince entitled to elect the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire)