Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who, in parliamentary elections in the United Kingdom, is qualified as a holder of real property of a specified value to vote for a parliamentary representative of the county in which the property is situated, though not himself a resident of it; or one who, being an enrolled graduate of Dublin University or of one of certain English universities, or who is a member of the university court and general council of a Scotch university, etc., is entitled to vote for a parliamentary representative of his university though not resident there; a non-resident voter.
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- noun One who casts a
vote in anelection held in an area in which they do not live.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Randal's seconder was a bluff yeoman, an outvoter of weight with the agricultural electors.
My Novel — Volume 12 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Mark Fairfield, an outvoter, who, though a Lansmere freeman, had settled in Hazeldean, where he had obtained the situation of head carpenter on the squire's estate.
My Novel — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Randal's seconder was a bluff yeoman, an outvoter of weight with the agricultural electors.
My Novel — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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Mark Fairfield, an outvoter, who, though a Lansmere freeman, had settled in Hazeldean, where he had obtained the situation of head carpenter on the squire's estate.
My Novel — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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