'crossover voter' definitions:
Definition of 'crossover voter'
From: WordNet
noun
A voter who is registered as a member of one political party but who votes in the primary of another party [syn: crossover voter, crossover]
Definition of 'crossover voter'
From: GCIDE
- crossover \crossover\ n.
- 1. (genetics) the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the prophase of meiosis.
- Syn: crossing over. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. a structure, such as a bridge, bearing a path for crossing over a river or highway. [PJC]
- 3. votes from members of one political party cast for candidates of another party; -- called also {crossover vote}; as, there was a high crossover in this election. [PJC]
- 4. a member of one political party who votes for a candidate of another party; -- called also crossover voter. [PJC]
- 5. (Plumbing) a U-shaped section of pipe which serves to pass one pipeline over another which is directly in its path. [PJC]