Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

donkey voter

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.50 in modern English

Syllables: don-key vot-er
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A voter who casts a donkey vote.

Australian usage

Example Sentences

"One is the donkey vote, which is thought to account for three per cent. of all votes cast. Donkey voters mark their papers one-two-three straight down the ticket."
"We can estimate the numbers of donkey voters because the ALP Senate candidate Healy headed the Senate list at the same election."
"The Senate vote for any party in any State will benefit from a ‘windfall’ from the ‘donkey voters’ (ie those who vote straight down and across the ballot) if that party wins the first place on the ballot paper — which is decided by lot."

Etymology

From donkey vote + -er (agent noun suffix).

Word Breakdown

Suffix: er

Usage

Australian usage

Inflected Forms

donkey voters (plural) donkey-voter (alternative)

Questions

What does donkey voter mean?: A voter who casts a donkey vote.
Where does donkey voter come from?: From donkey vote + -er (agent noun suffix).

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