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单词 out-voter
释义

out-votern.

Brit. /ˈaʊtˌvəʊtə/, U.S. /ˈaʊtˌvoʊdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: out- prefix, voter n.
Etymology: < out- prefix + voter n. Compare earlier out-vote n., and note s.v. outvoting n.
Now historical.
In the system for parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom: a person who has a vote in a constituency in which he or she is not permanently resident.
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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 > other types
out-voter1837
non-voter1851
absentee1864
absent voter1867
silent voter1872
floating voter1905
1837 B. Disraeli Let. 11 Aug. (1982) II. 292 I went to town from Beaconsfield in an electioneering carriage with three out voters.
1853 Littell's Living Age 15 Jan. 114/2 Randal's seconder was a bluff yeoman, an out-voter of weight with the agricultural electors.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xix. 345 He must go through all the miseries of a canvass,..must hire conveyances for outvoters [etc.].
1894 Daily Tel. 3 Apr. 5/7 There is a large proportion of ‘outvoters’, many of whom journeyed from the Midlands.
1967 Economist 6 May 575/1 Some distinguish between freeman electors and ten-pound householders, and between resident voters and out-voters.
1980 E. P. Thompson Making of Eng. Working Class (ed. 3) v. 181 He secured a majority of the resident freemen, but was swamped by out-voters imported from London.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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