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ˈout-ˌvoter
[out- 2.]
In the system for parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom: One who has a vote in a constituency in which he does not reside; a non-resident voter qualified by holding property. Also transf.
1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xix. IV. 345 He must go through all the miseries of a canvass,..must hire conveyances for outvoters [etc.]. 1894Daily Tel. 3 Apr. 5/7 There is a large proportion of ‘outvoters’, many of whom journeyed from the Midlands. 1931Birmingham Post 24 Oct. 8/1 (headline) Aeroplane to bring up out-voters. 1965W. R. Ward Victorian Oxford v. 96 Out-voters were told that a scheme designed by the heads to keep dissenters out on respectable grounds was a plan to let them in. 1967Economist 6 May 575/1 Some distinguish between freeman electors and ten-pound householders, and between resident voters and out-voters. |