nonvoter

English

Alternative forms

• non-voter

Etymology

From non- +‎ voter.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /nɒnˈvəʊtə/
• Rhymes: -əʊtə(ɹ)

Noun

nonvoter (plural nonvoters)

1. Someone who does not, or is not eligible to, vote. [from 19th c.]
   • 1891, Josiah Bushnell Grinnell, Men and Events of Forty Years:

     Non-voters were deemed fanatics less dangerous than the Birney and Hale men, who chose at first between the two great debauched parties.

   • 2016 November 15, Sarah Marsh, The Guardian:

     But as well as those who were firmly in team Trump or team Clinton, there’s another group to think about: the non-voters.

See also

• nonvote

Anagrams

• nonovert