suffragette
pronunciation
How to pronounce suffragette in British English:
UK [ˌsʌfrəˈdʒet]
How to pronounce suffragette in American English:
US [ˌsʌfrəˈdʒɛt]
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- Noun:
- a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)
Word Origin
- suffragette (n.)
- "female supporter of the cause of women's voting rights," 1906, from suffrage, with French fem. ending -ette, but not in the sense in which it was in vogue at the time. suffragette. A more regrettable formation than others such as leaderette & flannelette, in that it does not even mean a sort of suffrage as they mean a sort of leader & of flannel, & therefore tends to vitiate the popular conception of the termination's meaning. The word itself may now be expected to die, having lost its importance; may its influence on word-making die with it! [Fowler, 1926] Compare suffragist.
Example
- 1. The suffragette movement campaigned for votes for women in britain and the us .
- 2. The women 's suffragette movement began in the mid-nineteenth century , with five women friends .
- 3. Out of the ashes of the suffragette movement , phoenix-like , a new feminist militancy was being born .
- 4. In july 1909 , imprisoned english suffragette marion dunlop refused to eat .
- 5. The funniest memory I have of the suffragettes was when I was ordered to follow a certain enterprising young suffragette , whose activities were then earning her some celebrities .