Definition of constituent
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: a member of a constituency
pledged to help her elderly constituents
3
: one who authorizes another to act as agent : principal
4
: a structural unit of a definable syntactic, semantic, or phonological category that consists of one or more linguistic elements (such as words, morphemes, or features) and that can occur as a component of a larger construction
constituent
adjectiveDefinition of constituent (Entry 2 of 2)
1
: serving to form, compose, or make up a unit or whole : component
constituent parts
2
: having the power to create a government or frame or amend a constitution
a constituent assembly
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The first known use of constituent was in 1622
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