Constituency

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The body of voters or the residents of a district represented by an elected legislator or official.
  • n. The district so represented.
  • n. A group of supporters or patrons.
  • n. A group served by an organization or institution; a clientele: The magazine changed its format to appeal to a broader constituency.
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  • n. A district represented by one or more elected officials.
  • n. The voters within such a district.
  • n. An interest group or fan base.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A body of constituents or principals, especially a body of persons voting for an elective officer, particularly for a municipal, officer or a member of a legislative body; in a more general sense, the whole body of residents of the district or locality represented by such an officer or legislator.
  • n. Hence Any body of persons who may be conceived to have a common representative; those to whom one is in any way accountable; clientele: as, the constituency of a newspaper (that is, its readers); the constituency of a hotel (its guests or customers).
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the body of voters who elect a representative for their area
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    body   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    principal    electorate    riding    electoral district   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    electorate    elector    borough    voter    legislature   
     
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