American English pronunciation

How to pronounce suffrage

IPA transcription: ['sʌfɹɪdʒ]

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Noun

  • 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”

Usage examples

  • She displayed a strong interest in the suffragette movement in Galway.
  • He also supported women's suffrage and a national prohibition amendment.
  • He was married three times; his third wife was the prominent suffragette Iris Calderhead.
  • Douglass was disappointed that President Lincoln did not publicly endorse suffrage for black freedmen.
  • Mirrlees was the candidate of the Scottish Federation of Women's Suffrage Societies.
  • He saw it as 'an obvious prelude from household to universal suffrage'.
  • Elections are held once every five years, on the basis of universal adult suffrage.
  • He also attempted to reform the electoral system to permit universal male suffrage.
  • Their focus then was moved to helping pro-suffrage candidates get elected in November.
  • He also oversaw the institution of women's suffrage.