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manhood suffrage

British  

noun

  1. the right of adult male citizens to vote

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Witness all the Reform Acts in 19th Century Britain and the decision of French liberals in 1848 to approve universal manhood suffrage.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2023

Its secondary goals, the “in the meantime” activities, were focused on securing universal manhood suffrage and trying to shore up the quality of life of workers.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

They argued for universal manhood suffrage, or voting rights for all White male adults.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

They tried, instead, to reform the election laws so that Japan's universal manhood suffrage would be supplanted by votes for no one except family heads and military reservists.

From Time Magazine Archive

It thus comes about that, in spite of the possession of both manhood suffrage and womanhood suffrage, there is probably no country in the world less open to subversive social theories than is New Zealand.

From Down Under With the Prince by Duncan, Sara Jeannette

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