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Not in my 1999 edition. I keep promising myself a new one..................

It's in my old 1972 edition too

...but not in my grandmother's 1912 :)

i don't understand what,
"A voter set up for election purposes (US hist)."
can someone rephrase it for me?

Ah. I see it. I was looking under voter, and it certainly isn't there. I looked up colonist in my Webster's and that meaning doesn't appear. Never, ever heard it used that way, and I live in one of the colonies. :)

Hi jazzy
Where are you finding it? My 1972 edition has pretty much the same entry as my 1999. There is a long list of meanings of "vote", followed by just n. voter, then the compound words.

That's exactly the phrase that Chambers shows . I found a history web page just now .Will see if can retrieve it

Yeah, trevor. I don't get it either. What other purpose would a voter have?

Oh I see - it's under "colonist".

I'm with Trevor - can anyone explain it?

ChrjsE look under "colony " then "colonist"