suffrage
IPA: sˈʌfrɪdʒ
noun
- (uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
- (US) The right of women to vote.
- (countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
- (countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
- (countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
- (uncountable) Aid, intercession.
- Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
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Examples of "suffrage" in Sentences
- It is the history of suffrage around the world.
- History of suffrage around the world began recently.
- The suffrage initiative passed during the 1912 election.
- She was known as the martyr of the Women's Suffrage movement.
- Unusually for a prohibitionist, Matthews opposed woman suffrage.
- It was in favour of the gradual implementation of universal suffrage.
- He was also an advocate of the Women's suffrage in the United States.
- The Voting Rights Act of 1965 also protected the suffrage of poor whites.
- The referendum is to strive for universal suffrage and to abolish the FCs.
- She was the founder and president of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia.