suffrage
/ˈsʌfɹɪd͡ʒ/noun2 syllables
Suffrage means: a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment.
Synonyms for suffrage3
noun, as in a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
What does suffrage mean?1
noun
1
a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment“American women got the vote in 1920”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Suffrage in a sentence
- The women led the movement to obtain female suffrage.unknown
- Universal suffrage was a major achievement.mailohilohi
- Israel is a multi-party parliamentary republic and a liberal democracy that adopts universal suffrage.Igider
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Forms of suffrage
as a noun
- plural
- suffrages