单词 | balloteer |
释义 | balloteern. In early use: an advocate of the ballot, a ballotist. Later also: a person who casts a vote in a ballot, a balloter. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1833 |
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