Voter

Definition: Voter

Voter

Noun

1. A citizen who has a legal right to vote.

Date "voter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references)

Specialty Definitions: Voter

Domain	Definitions
Computing	A process or device whereby a number of similar signals are monitored for discrepancies and are voted upon to obtain the consolidated or selected output which is most probably correct. Source: European Union. (references)
Politics & International Affaires	One that votes; specif. one having the political right of franchise. . Source: European Union. (references)
	One that votes; specif. : one having the political right of franchise. . Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonym: Voter

Synonym: elector (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Voter

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Unsubstantiality	Nothing, naught, nil, nullity, zero, cipher, no one, nobody; never a one, ne'er a one; no such thing, none in the world; nothing whatever, nothing at all, nothing on earth; not a particle; (smallness); all talk, moonshine, stuff and nonsense; matter of no importance, matter of no consequence. thing of naught, man of straw, John Doe and Richard Roe, faggot voter; nominis umbra, nonentity; flash in the pan, vox et praeterea nihil.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Voter

English words defined with "voter": Fagot vote, floater ♦ open primary ♦ Plumper, Poller, Pot-walloper ♦ split ticket, straight ticket, swing voter, system of voting ♦ Unpolled ♦ voter turnout, Voting paper. (references)

Specialty definitions using "voter": corrupt electoral practices ♦ ELECTION CLERK, electoral corruption ♦ Fagot Votes ♦ poll clerk ♦ returning officer ♦ Voter, reported participation, Voter, reported registration. (references)

Etymologies containing "voter": Unpolled. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Voter" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (cast a vote, poll, vote).

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Modern Usage: Voter

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	You know, I'm a voter. Aren't you supposed to lie to me and kiss my butt? (Ghostbusters II; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd; Harold Ramis)
Movie/TV Titles	Voter Registration Drive Louisiana Diary (1963)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Voter

Domain	Title
Books	American Voter [UNABRIDGED] (reference) The Changing American Voter (reference) The Disappearing American Voter (reference) Voices in a Roar: An Independent Voter Speaks Out (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	California Voter (reference) Georgia Voter (reference) Illinois Voter (reference) Maryland Voter (reference) Massachusetts Voter (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Voter

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Photo Album: Voter

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	A Democratic voter.Credit: Library of Congress.		Voter being strangled by backlash of November 8 election.Credit: Library of Congress.
	The silent voter.Credit: Library of Congress.		Making it clear to the voter.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Billy Strayhorn and Thomas L. Whaley standing next to sign promoting voter registration.Credit: Library of Congress.		Line of African-Americans on stairs during voter registration in Somerville, Tennessee.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth, accompanied by Martin Luther King and Ralph Abernathy, leads a march for voter registration in Selma, Alabama.Credit: Library of Congress.		NAACP photograph showing people waiting in line for voter registration, at Antioch Baptist Church.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Francois Mitterand vous demande de voter pour [blank], candidat de la federation de la gauche democrate et socialiste.Credit: Library of Congress.		Elections legislatives du 5 Mars 1967, Francois Mitterrand vous demande de voter pour Annie Duperrey, candidat de la Federation de la Gauche Democrate et Socialiste.Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Voter

Author	Quotation
Grover Cleveland	Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Voter

Subject	Topic	Quote
Children	Peru	However, the Human Rights Ombudsman reported that a program to facilitate voter education and access for persons with disabilities during the elections was successful. (references)
	Lebanon	Some associations representing persons with disabilities boycotted the elections, resulting in very low voter turn out; only 666 of 19,000 eligible voters participated in the elections. (references)
Civil Liberties	Azerbaijan	Members of unregistered parties can run in municipal elections only as independents, or as nominees of a registered party or another voter initiatives group. (references)
Economic History	Moldova	Running unopposed, he won after the Popular Front's efforts to organize a voter boycott failed. (references)
	Italy	Major political parties, beset by scandal and loss of voter confidence, underwent far-reaching changes. (references)
	Zimbabwe	However, voter turnout was only 54% and the campaign was not free and fair although the actual balloting was. (references)
Human Rights	Congo	In addition numerous groups were active that are involved with development and with specific problems such as voter education and women's rights. (references)
	Zambia	Human rights, development, and election NGO's monitored the 2000 by-elections and organized civic education activities focused on improving voter participation and information. (references)
	Zambia	Several of these organizations worked with the Electoral Commission to organize voter awareness campaigns and create conflict resolution bodies to address violations of the electoral code of conduct. (references)
Indigenous People	Bangladesh	According to Shantu Larma, approximately 700,000 indigenous people and 100,000 Bengalis are "permanent residents." He claims that approximately 500,000 persons, whose names are on the voter list, are nonpermanent residents, including 100,000 government employees and security personnel, and that these persons should not be permitted to vote in the region. (references)
Minorities	Cambodia	In several parts of the country, some political parties also unsuccessfully challenged the voter registration rights of ethnic Vietnamese who were citizens. (references)
Political Economy	Western Sahara	The U.N. settlement plan calls for the release of all POW's after the voter identification process is complete. (references)
Political Rights	Mozambique	Voter registration commenced in 1999 and continued for 60 days. (references)
	Guatemala	Voter participation in the 1999 elections was at a 13-year high. (references)
	Namibia	Nevertheless voter turnout was more than 60 percent, and the election proceeded peacefully. (references)
Travel	Bahamas	Travel Information and Visas: American citizens do not require a passport or visa to enter The Bahamas, but proof of citizenship such as a birth certificate or voter registration card accompanied by a photo ID is required, as well as a return ticket to the United States. (references)
Women	Paraguay	Other groups include SUMANDO, an NGO that promotes educational reform and voter participation in elections; and SEFEM, which focuses on women and public policy and the participation of women in local development. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Voter

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Grover Cleveland	1885-1889; 1893-1897	Your every voter, as surely as your Chief Magistrate, under the same high sanction, though in a different sphere, exercises a public trust.
Bill Clinton	1993-2001	A new law, the Motor Voter bill, to help millions of people register to vote.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Voter

"Voter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.64% of the time. "Voter" is used about 279 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	99.64%	278	17,541
Noun (proper)	0.36%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	279	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Voter

The following table summarizes the usage of "voter" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Voter	Last name	100	76,436
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Voter

Expressions using "voter": absentee voter ♦ crossover voter ♦ floating voter ♦ swing voter ♦ trick the voter ♦ voter registration ♦ voter registration card ♦ voter turnout. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "voter": voter-familiarity, voter-friendly, voter-registration, voter-vassals, voter-wooing.
	Ending with "voter": block-voter, motor-voter, non-voter.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Voter

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
voter registration	372	north carolina voter registration	10
woman league of voter	156	georgia voter registration	10
voter	65	voter registration ohio	10
california voter registration	56	arizona voter registration	10
conservation league voter	56	voter registration record	10
texas voter registration	43	voter registration illinois	10
florida voter registration	42	louisiana voter registration	10
harris county voter registration	35	voter registration maryland	10
voter apathy	23	oregon voter registration	9
voter registration card	19	orange county registrar of voter	9
registered voter	19	south carolina voter registration	9
registrar of voter	19	nj voter registration	9
voter registration form	18	voter register	9
voter turnout	17	washington state voter registration	9
online voter registration	16	conservation league new voter york	9
voter right act	15	fraud voter	8
county harris voter	15	pa voter registration	8
new york voter registration	12	voter registration pennsylvania	8
virginia voter registration	11	clara county registrar santa voter	8
voter registration new jersey	10	voter list	8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Voter

Language		Translations for "voter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		votues (poll). (various references)

Arabic		‏المقترع, ‏الناخب (constituent). (various references)

Bulgarian		гласоподавател (elector), избирател (constituent, elector, vote). (various references)

Chinese		选民, 選民 . (various references)

Czech		voliè (constituent, elector, selector). (various references)

Danish		overvågningsudstyr med flertalsudvælgelse. (various references)

Dutch		herkenbaar geworden stembiljet (ballot paper marked with recognizable signs making identification of the voter possible). (various references)

Farsi		کسی که رای میدهد, رای دهنده . (various references)

Finnish		valitsija (choice device, selector), äänestäjä. (various references)

French		voteur, électeur. (various references)

German		Wähler (constituent, Dialer, elector, electors, holding bar, selector, vertical, vertical bar, voters). (various references)

Greek		διάταξη λήψης αποφάσεων, ψηφοφόροσ (constituent). (various references)

Hebrew		בוחר (constituent, elector). (various references)

Hungarian		szavazó (elector, voters). (various references)

Indonesian		pencoblos, pemberi suara. (various references)

Italian		votante, elettore (constituent, elector). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		投票者 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		とうひょうしゃ. (various references)

Korean		투표자. (various references)

Manx		teiyder (chooser, constituent, gatherer, picker, selector). (various references)

Pig Latin		otervay

Portuguese		votante, eleitor (Burgess, constituent, elector, electoral), dispositivo decisório, aquele que vota. (various references)

Romanian		votant (elector), elector, alegãtor (chooser, constituent, elector). (various references)

Russian		избиратель (constituent, elector, electorate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		glasač. (various references)

Spanish		votante. (various references)

Swedish		väljare (choice device, chooser, constituent, elector, selector, switch, vote), röstande (voting). (various references)

Turkish		seçmen (constituent, elector, electress, poll), oy veren kimse. (various references)

Turkmen		saяlawзy (elector). (various references)

Ukranian		учасник голосування, виборець (constituent, elector). (various references)

Vietnamese		người bầu cử người có quyền bỏ phiếu, người bỏ phiếu. (various references)

Welsh		pleidleisiwr. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Voter

Derivations
	Words beginning with "voter": voters. (additional references)
	Words ending with "voter": nonvoter. (additional references)
	Words containing "voter": nonvoters. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Voter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Goter, vater, vator, vattr, veote, vetoer, vetter, vieter, vifer, viote, viter, vitr, vocher, voder, voer, voet, voger, Vojta, volter, voner, vorter, vosher, vota, votar, votce, votea, votef, votel, voten, votery, votex, vother, votim, voto, votor, votue, voty, vouer, voxer, voye, voyer, vuer, vute. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Voter"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "voter" (pronounced vō"ter)
3	-ō" t er	floater, locomotor, motor, promoter, rotor.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Voter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: overt, trove.
	Words within the letters "e-o-r-t-v"
	-1 letter: over, rote, rove, tore, vert, veto, vote.
	-2 letters: ore, ort, ret, rev, roe, rot, toe, tor, vet, voe.
	-3 letters: er, et, oe, or, re, to.
	Words containing the letters "e-o-r-t-v"
	+1 letter: corvet, covert, obvert, revolt, revote, stover, strove, throve, trover, troves, vector, vetoer, vortex, voters.
	+2 letters: convert, corvets, coverts, coveter, cutover, evertor, evictor, levator, obverts, outrave, overact, overapt, overate, overbet, overcut, overeat, overfat, overhot, overlet, overlit, overset, overtax, overtip, overtly, overtop, overwet, poverty, revolts, revoted, revotes, stovers, trovers, vectors, vertigo, vetoers, vomiter, votress.
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