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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

He believed that universal manhood suffrage should and would lead to a government capable of implementing necessary economic changes, primarily by guaranteeing work for all citizens.

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

In New York State unqualified manhood suffrage was adopted in 1822, but in other States it was more difficult to bring about this revolutionary change.

From History of the Great American Fortunes, Vol. I Conditions in Settlement and Colonial Times by Myers Gustavus

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