voter

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UK/ˈvəʊtə(ɹ)/US/ˈvoʊtɚ/

noun

Someone who votes or is entitled to vote.

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Meanings

nounvoter (plural voters)

plural voters

  1. Someone who votes or is entitled to vote.

    The exact question being put to voters for a yes or no answer is: “Should Iceland reopen accession negotiations with the European Union?”

    2026 August 18, Tiago Ventura, “Iceland’s E.U. Referendum, Explained”, in TIME
    2 more examples

    The generational shift Mr. Obama once embodied is, in fact, well under way, but it will not change Washington as quickly — or as harmoniously — as a lot of voters once hoped.

    2012 July 11, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in The New York Times

    "Until relatively recently, there was a Midwestern rural white voter who was distinct from a southern rural white voter," Mr. Rosenfeld said. "There was a real progressive tradition in the Midwest uncoopted by Jim Crow and racial issues."

    2024 August 1, Jonathan Weisman, quoting Sam Rosenfeld, “Why Iowa Turned So Red When Nearby States Went Blue”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2024

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna citizen who has a legal right to vote

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Origin

Translations

Arabic مُصَوِّت, نَاخِب
  • مُصَوِّت (muṣawwit)one who votes
  • نَاخِب (nāḵib)one who votes
Bengali ভোটদাতা, ভোটার
  • ভোটদাতা (bhōṭdata)one who votes
  • ভোটার (bhōṭar)one who votes
Bulgarian избирател, гласоподавател
  • избирател (izbiratel)one who votes
  • гласоподавател (glasopodavatel)one who votes
Catalan votant
  • votantone who votes
Chinese Mandarin 投票者, 選民 /选民
  • 投票者 (tóupiàozhě)one who votes
  • 選民 /选民 (xuǎnmín)one who votes
  • 選舉人 /选举人 (xuǎnjǔrén)one who votes
Czech volič, volička
  • voličone who votes
  • voličkaone who votes
Danish vælger, vælgerinde
  • vælgerone who votes
  • vælgerindeone who votes
Dutch stemmer, stemster
  • stemmerone who votes
  • stemsterone who votes
Esperanto voĉdonanto
  • voĉdonantoone who votes
Estonian valija
  • valijaone who votes
Finnish äänestäjä
  • äänestäjäone who votes
French votant, votante
  • votantone who votes
  • votanteone who votes
German Wähler, Wählerin
  • Wählerone who votes
  • Wählerinone who votes
Greek ψηφοφόρος
  • ψηφοφόρος (psifofóros)one who votes
Hebrew מַצְבִּיעַ, בּוֹחֵר
  • מַצְבִּיעַ (matsbía')one who votes
  • בּוֹחֵר (bokhér)one who votes
Hindi मतदाता, निर्वाचक
  • मतदाता (matdātā)one who votes
  • निर्वाचक (nirvācak)one who votes
Hungarian szavazó
  • szavazóone who votes
Icelandic kjósandi
  • kjósandione who votes
Indonesian pemilih
  • pemilihone who votes
Irish vótálaí, vóitéir
  • vótálaíone who votes
  • vóitéirone who votes
  • vótaeirone who votes
  • vótóirone who votes
Italian elettore, elettrice
  • elettoreone who votes
  • elettriceone who votes
Japanese 投票者, 選挙人
  • 投票者 (tōhyōsha)one who votes
  • 選挙人 (senkyonin)one who votes
Korean 유권자, 투표자
  • 유권자 (yugwonja)one who votes
  • 투표자 (tupyoja)one who votes
Latin suffrāgātor
  • suffrāgātorone who votes
Latvian vēlētājs, balsotājs
  • vēlētājsone who votes
  • balsotājsone who votes
Lithuanian rinkėjas
  • rinkėjasone who votes
Malay pengundi
  • pengundione who votes
Māori kaipōti
  • kaipōtione who votes
Norwegian Bokmål velger
  • velgerone who votes
Polish wyborca, wyborczyni
  • wyborcaone who votes
  • wyborczynione who votes
  • elektorone who votes
Portuguese votante, eleitor
  • votanteone who votes
  • eleitorone who votes
  • eleitoraone who votes
Romanian votant, alegător
  • votantone who votes
  • alegătorone who votes
Russian избира́тель, избира́тельница
  • избира́тель (izbirátelʹ)one who votes
  • избира́тельница (izbirátelʹnica)one who votes
  • голосу́ющий (golosújuščij)one who votes
  • голосу́ющая (golosújuščaja)one who votes
Slovak volič
  • voličone who votes
Spanish votante, votador
  • votanteone who votes
  • votadorone who votes
Swahili mpigakura
  • mpigakuraone who votes
Swedish väljare, väljarinna
  • väljareone who votes
  • väljarinnaone who votes
  • valmanone who votes
Tagalog botante
  • botanteone who votes
Thai ผู้เลือกตั้ง
  • ผู้เลือกตั้ง (pûu-lʉ̂ʉak-dtâng)one who votes
Turkish seçmen, saylavcı
  • seçmenone who votes
  • saylavcıone who votes
Ukrainian ви́борець, обира́льник
  • ви́борець (výborecʹ)one who votes
  • обира́льник (obyrálʹnyk)one who votes
  • голосу́ючий (holosújučyj)one who votes
Urdu رائے دِہِنْدَہ, ووٹَر
  • رائے دِہِنْدَہ (rāe dihinda)one who votes
  • ووٹَر (voṭar)one who votes
Vietnamese cử tri
  • cử trione who votes
Yiddish וויילער
  • וויילער (veyler)one who votes

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Cite this entry
APA

voter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voter

MLA

“voter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “voter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voter.

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