E*lect"or*ate (?), n. [Cf. F. 'electorat.]
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.
© Webster 1913.