suffrage
pronunciation
How to pronounce suffrage in British English:
UK [ˈsʌfrɪdʒ]
How to pronounce suffrage in American English:
US [ˈsʌfrɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
Word Origin
- suffrage (n.)
- late 14c., "intercessory prayers or pleas on behalf of another," from Old French sofrage "plea, intercession" (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin suffragium, from Latin suffragium "support, ballot, vote; right of voting; a voting tablet," from suffragari "lend support, vote for someone," conjectured to be a compound of sub "under" (see sub-) + fragor "crash, din, shouts (as of approval)," related to frangere "to break" (see fraction). On another theory (Watkins, etc.) the second element is frangere itself and the notion is "use a broken piece of tile as a ballot" (compare ostracism). Meaning "a vote for or against anything" is from 1530s. The meaning "political right to vote" in English is first found in the U.S. Constitution, 1787.
Example
- 1. Full women 's suffrage was not granted in britain until 1928 .
- 2. Yoichi funabashi , editor-in-chief of the asahi shimbun , a national newspaper , who supports giving koreans suffrage rights , says the biggest fear among japanese may not be the koreans .
- 3. A theoretical study on the nineteenth century british women 's suffrage movement .
- 4. Feminism has affected many changes in western society , including women 's suffrage , broad employment for women at more equitable wages and access to university education .
- 5. 1866 The american equal rights association is founded , the first organization in the us to advocate women 's suffrage .