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suffrage Definition

suf·frage (suf′rij)

noun

  1. a prayer or act of intercession or supplication
  2. a vote or voting; esp., a vote in favor of some candidate or issue
  3. ☆ the right to vote, esp. in political elections; franchise

Etymology: ME < MFr < ML(Ec) < L suffragium, decision, vote, suffrage < sub- (see sub-) + fragor, loud applause, orig., din, a crashing < IE base *bhreĝ-, to crash, break

suffrage Synonyms

suffrage

n.

voice, ballot, testimonial, the right to vote; see vote 3.

suffrage Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • advocate: Smiles became secretary of the Leeds Parliamentary Reform Association which advocated household suffrage.
  • extend: Why not extend the suffrage to the industrious people - the working people.
  • demand: Its goal was to collect signatures in favor of a Charter demanding universal suffrage.

Converse of subject

  • elect: Today the palace houses the Senate, the chamber elected by indirect suffrage.

Adjective modifier

  • universal: There is universal suffrage for Estonian citizens over 18 years of age.
  • female: Asquith was known to be hostile to female suffrage.
  • male: Bulgaria's parliament, elected by male suffrage, could veto royal legislation.
  • equal: Universal and equal suffrage gave all adult men and women the vote.
  • limited: This made her unpopular with middle class suffragettes who saw limited suffrage as an important step in the struggle to win the vote.
  • direct: Parliament is the highest legislative body in the land and is elected by direct universal suffrage and personal secret ballot.

Modifies a noun

  • movement: All the collections are valuable for the study of the women's suffrage movement in Britain.
  • campaigner: Elizabeth Robins: This website is devoted to the life and works of the American novelist, actress, suffrage campaigner and feminist activist.
  • campaign: Herbert Asquith, the Prime Minister during the militant suffrage campaign, had always been totally against women having the vote.
  • bill: In 1879, she married Richard Pankhurst, a Manchester barrister and radical who authored the first women's suffrage bill in Britain.

Noun used with modifier

  • manhood: Even an approach to manhood suffrage, you see, reduces the evil.
  • women's: The chapter on Laurence Houseman allows for an investigation of the position of men within women's suffrage.
  • adult: The head of state is a President, directly elected by universal adult suffrage.
  • household: Smiles became secretary of the Leeds Parliamentary Reform Association which advocated household suffrage.
  • woman: In addition to the members of the committee proper there were several members of the House present who favor woman suffrage.

Possessives

  • woman: The struggle for women's suffrage in America began in the 1820s with the writings of Fanny Wright.
suffrage Quotes

The English are used to suffrage; it istheir panacea for all that goes wrong with them.

—Carlyle,Thomas

Universal suffrage is counter-revolution.

—Proudhon, PierreJoseph

All governments use force and all assert that they are founded on reason. In fact, whether universal suffrage prevails or not, it is always an oligarchy that governs, finding ways to give to'the will of the people'the expression which the few desire.

—Pareto,Vilfredo