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sorry, we keep getting our posts out of sync.

I've only just caught up with all yor research efforts, and I must say, I still don't understand the connection!

hi GK. The definition in the clue was North American colonist. If you look up "colonist" (which several of us have done, in Chambers) one of the definitions shows: "colonist" a voter set up for election purposes (US)

so "voter" is acceptable as an answer in that sense.

... also see my post #66 re "colonize" which explains. I can't really add more than that. It also shows after US (historical)

OK, jazzy, thanks --- it's becoming a little less cloudy now!

chrise: I live in Massachusetts, where gerrymandering was invented, as the article you posted says (I always loved the picture of the amphibious district). They still do it. My congressional district has been redrawn a few times over the past several years, and once it looked even more ridiculous than the original gerrymander- a cluster around the city of Springfield (home of Webster's dictionary and Smith & Wesson) with a long string of towns along the CT and RI borders, with my town at the end sticking up like a scorpion's tail. What a bunch of crooks.

Jeepers Creepers!!!!

I'm really sorry about the "voter" clue. I should really have specified "old",

On third thoughts, I should never have written it.

On one of my non-diet days I'll consume a large portion of Humble Pie.

Sorry (again) to caused such a controversy.

Chambers Thesaurus 2004
voter
n
vote, constituent, member of the electorate, franchiser, balloter, floating voter, no, yes, citizen, free person, burgher, outvoter
OLD yea, nay, faggot, ten-pounder; (N Am) colonist

Chambers Dictionary 2004

colonist n an inhabitant of a colony; a voter set up for election purposes (US Hist); a weed of cultivated ground (bot).

Ah, there you are jolan :)
I don't think you have any need to apologise.
It caused a debate and we all found a new meaning of the word . That's why I find crosswords so fascinating.... discovering new facts and words. Good for the brain Too (I hope)
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Were you surprised to see the 70+ posts, Jolan? Yeah, I guess we all learned something new.

Indeed I was Ari. The shock was so great that I reached for the doughnuts. Bang goes my dieting for this week :(