electress
/ɪˈlɛktrɪs/
noun
- A woman who has the right to vote in an election.
- Every electress in the district received a ballot in the mail.
- As an electress, she took her civic duty very seriously.
- The organization worked to register every eligible electress before the deadline.
- Historically, the wife of a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire.
- Sophia of the Palatinate became Electress of Hanover in 1692.
- The Electress of Hanover was a powerful figure in 18th-century European politics.
- The title of electress was purely honorary by the 19th century.