suffrage
21suffrage — suf|frage [ sʌfrıdʒ ] noun uncount the right to vote: She was a strong advocate of women s suffrage. universal suffrage (=voting by all people in a country): The presidential election was Taiwan s first by universal suffrage …
22suffrage — [[t]sʌ̱frɪʤ[/t]] N UNCOUNT Suffrage is the right of people to vote for a government or national leader. [FORMAL] He was an advocate of universal suffrage as a basis for social equality. ...the women s suffrage movement …
23suffrage — /safraj/ A vote; the act of voting; the right or privilege of casting a vote at public elections. The last is the meaning of the term in such phrases as the extension of the suffrage, universal suffrage, etc. Right of suffrage is right of a man… …
24Suffrage — After the Batavian Revolution, in 1798 the right to vote was given to all male citizens 20 years of age and older who were not servants or dependent on charity. Following the Restoration of 1815, suffrage became dependent on a high level of… …
25suffrage — UK [ˈsʌfrɪdʒ] / US noun [uncountable] the right to vote She was a strong advocate of women s suffrage. • See: universal suffrage …
26suffrage — n. 1 a the right of voting in political elections (full adult suffrage). b a view expressed by voting; a vote (gave their suffrages for and against). c opinion in support of a proposal etc. 2 (esp. in pl.) Eccl. a a prayer made by a priest in the …
27suffrage — noun Suffrage is used before these nouns: ↑movement …
28suffrage — [ sʌfrɪdʒ] noun 1》 the right to vote in political elections. ↘archaic a vote given for a person or in assent to a proposal. 2》 (suffrages) (in the Book of Common Prayer) the intercessory petitions pronounced by a priest in the Litany. ↘a… …
29suffrage — noun suffrage for women is not yet a universal condition Syn: franchise, right to vote, the vote, enfranchisement, ballot …
30suffrage — n. vote; right to vote; supplication. ♦ suffragial, a. ♦ suffragist, n. believer in extension of suffrage …
