constituent
adjective
[ kənˈstɪtjʊənt ]
• being a part of a whole.
• "the constituent minerals of the rock"
• being a voting member of an organization and having the power to appoint or elect.
• "the constituent body has a right of veto"
constituent
noun
• a member of an area which elects a representative to a legislative body.
• "the MP is playing on his constituents' sense of regional identity to win votes"
Similar:
voter,
elector,
member of the electorate,
member of a constituency,
• a component part of something.
• "the essential constituents of the human diet"
Similar:
component,
component part,
ingredient,
element,
part,
piece,
bit,
integral part,
unit,
module,
fragment,
section,
segment,
portion,
integrant,
Origin:
late 15th century (as a noun denoting a person who appoints another as agent): from Latin constituent- (partly via French constituant ) ‘establishing, appointing’, from the verb constituere (see constitute).
