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单词 balloter
释义

ballotern.

Brit. /ˈbalətə/, U.S. /ˈbælədər/
Forms: 1700s– balloter, 1700s– ballotter.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ballot v., -er suffix1; ballot n.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: Partly < ballot v. + -er suffix1, and partly < ballot n.1 + -er suffix1. With sense 2 compare later ballot v. 3b.
1. A voter by ballot.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > one who has right to vote
elector1467
votera1600
constituent1714
balloter1733
vote1737
franchiser1843
floater1896
1733 C. Cole Mem. Affairs of State 16 It is quite impossible, either for the Boy that holds the balloting Machine, or for those who sit on either side of the Balloter, to know which way he ballots.
1886 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Weekly Times 17 June This same monotonous result was announced in the seventeenth ballot, when the balloters, becoming tired and hungry, adjourned.
1974 Southern Econ. Jrnl. 39 186 It is not from the benevolence of the balloter, bureaucrat, or branch chief that we should expect our public goods but from their regard to their own interest.
2006 Washington Post (Nexis) 16 Nov. t2 Absentee balloters. More than 13,000 Prince Georgians requested an absentee ballot this year.
2. A militiaman selected by ballot. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > secret voting > one who
billeter1640
ballotant1656
balloter1758
1758 R. Forster in Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 460 The militia levies..in the west riding of Yorkshire 1 in 45... Now if this proportion be applied to the whole nation, 32,000 x 45 will give 1,440,000 for the number of ballotters.
1758 W. Brakenridge in Philos. Trans. 1757 (Royal Soc.) 50 471 The electors or balloters are the fencible men, or those able to carry arms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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