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suffragette

[ suhf-ruh-jet ]

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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


suffragette

  1. A suffragist . Today, the term suffragette is often considered demeaning.


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Gender Note

See -ette.

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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

First recorded in 1900–05; suffrage + -ette

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Word History and Origins

Origin of suffragette1

C20: from suffrag ( e ) + -ette

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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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