suffragist
pronunciation
How to pronounce suffragist in British English:
UK ['sʌfrədʒɪst]
How to pronounce suffragist in American English:
US ['sʌfrədʒɪst]
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- Noun:
- an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
Word Origin
- suffragist (n.)
- 1822, "advocate of extension of the political franchise in Britain," without regard to gender, or, in the U.S., of voting rights for free blacks; from suffrage + -ist. After c. 1885 especially with reference to voting rights for women.
Example
- 1. The ongoing work of the suffragist movement and the commitment of the growing labour party movement to widening the franchise were also factors .
- 2. And suffragist who refused to pay taxes on her family 's farm because she , not having the right to vote , was not represented politically .
- 3. Suffragist groups existed all over the country and under many different names but their aim was the same : to achieve the right to vote for women through constitutional , peaceful means .
- 4. American abolitionist and suffragist who refused to pay taxes on her family 's farm because she , not having the right to vote , was not represented politically .