Fawcett

/ ˈfɔːsɪt /

noun

1. FawcettMillicent Garrett18471929FBritishPOLITICS: suffragette Dame Millicent Garrett . 1847–1929, British suffragette

Example Sentences

Those in favour of Leadbeater's bill are on the west side of Parliament Square, by the statue of activist Millicent Fawcett.

From BBC

A former feature film and TV director, Greenwald, who made “The Burning Bed,” a seminal 1984 television movie about a battered wife played by Farrah Fawcett, started the nonprofit Brave New Films in 2005.

From Los Angeles Times

Her pinup posters rivaled those of Farrah Fawcett, decorating taverns, dorms, locker rooms, the closets of janitors and the garages of boys who started bands and worked on cars.

From Los Angeles Times

The most crucial struggle Fawcett describes is between hard-line conservatives fundamentally opposed to liberal democracy and what he calls “liberal conservatives,” who seek accommodation in order to preserve their power.

From Salon

That is clearly reflected both in the history of right-wing authoritarian strongmen around the world and in Fawcett’s account of "liberal conservative" leaders of mainstream parties, who have rarely been able to pass their coalitions along to successors.

From Salon