Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Electorate

Electorate , noun

[Compare French électorat.]

1.
The territory, jurisdiction, or dignity of an elector, as in the old German empire.
2.
The whole body of persons in a nation or state who are entitled to vote in an election, or any distinct class or division of them.
The middle-class electorate of Great Britain. — M. Arnold