Obs. rare. [ad. L. ēlectant-em, pr. pple. of ēlectāre, freq. of ēligĕre to choose: cf. ELECT a., and -ANT.] One who has power of choosing.
1768. Tucker, Lt. Nat. (1852), I. 552. Man is a free agent, and a free volent … but you cannot go on further to entitle him a free electant too.
