CONSTITUENT

constituent,adj.1. (Of a component) that helps make up or complete a unit or a whole <a constituent element of the criminal offense>.2. (Of an assembly) able to frame or amend a constitution <a constituent council>. constituent,n.1. A person who gives another the authority to act as a representative; a principal who appoints an agent. 2. Someone who is represented by a legislator or other elected official. 3. One part of something that makes up a whole; an element. — constituency,n. [Blacks Law 8th]