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suffragette
[ suhf-ruh-jet ]
noun
- a female advocate of the right of women to vote, especially one who participated in protests in the United Kingdom in the early 20th century.
suffragette
/ ˌsʌfrəˈdʒɛt /
noun
- a female advocate of the extension of the franchise to women, esp a militant one, as in Britain at the beginning of the 20th century
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Gender Note
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Derived Forms
- ˌsuffraˈgettism, noun
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Other Words From
- suf·fra·get·tism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of suffragette1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of suffragette1
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Example Sentences
This brings us to the flapper, the suffragette, and, finally, that über-American icon: the screen siren.
"I think Genevieve is going to be a suffragette," observed Tilly, cheerfully, as they trooped into the hotel together.
And he had made a woman saving a mouse-trap; she was a suffragette.
Fancy waking in the morning and finding you had missed something, like an earthquake or suffragette riot!
The silly suffragette with her hammer and a plate-glass window has more sense of drama than you, Dodo.
Or perhaps Celia had better disguise herself as a Suffragette and say that she's come to borrow a box of matches.
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