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单词 balloteer
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balloteern.

Brit. /ˌbaləˈtɪə/, U.S. /ˌbæləˈtɪ(ə)r/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ballot n.1, -eer suffix1.
Etymology: < ballot n.1 + -eer suffix1. With the sense ‘advocate of the ballot’ compare slightly later ballotist n. With the sense ‘person who casts a vote in a ballot’ compare earlier ballotant n., balloter n. 1.
In early use: an advocate of the ballot, a ballotist. Later also: a person who casts a vote in a ballot, a balloter.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > secret voting > advocate of
ballot-man1793
balloteer1833
ballotist1837
1833 Times 1 Jan. 2/3 The enormous difference insisted on by the balloteers between the cases of the representative and constituent.
1867 Examiner 19 Jan. 36 We are balloteers, but we cannot countenance a charge so unjust.
1936 W. S. Churchill in Times 20 Apr. 15/5 The French youth which already offers two years to the army would have to give a third. I wonder how many of the 11,000,000 balloteers would be prepared to enforce a similar sacrifice..upon the British people.
1955 San Mateo (Calif.) Times 29 June 24/7 The move for expansion of the social security system..is directed at the old folks and the feminine balloteers.
1974 Times 5 Feb. 17/2 Major Britton and his balloteers [sc. the Electoral Reform Society] operate from a former charity building in Southwark.
2001 Toronto Star (Nexis) 9 Apr. (Sports) The game that was good enough..to move nearly two million balloteers to make him the leading vote getter in the All-Star Game.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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