suffrage
noun
the right to vote, especially in a political election.
suffrages
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pluralof suffrage.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Thomas Carlyle felt that "Ballot-boxes and Electoral suffrages" might prove a fatal threat to heroes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The holy angels would guard herself and the dear innocents, if angelic suffrages could be secured by never-ceasing fervent prayer.
From The Maid of Honour, Vol. 1 (of 3) A Tale of the Dark Days of France by Lewis Wingfield
The suffrages of the distinguished men who compose the Institute honor me.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various
He proceeded to Rome, and, by a series of popular speeches, in which he promised everything to the people, he, of course, gained their suffrages.
From The Comic History of Rome by Gilbert Abbott ? Becket
But the monarchy among the Goths of Spain was still elective, and it may be that Roderic had been legally placed on the throne by the suffrages of his fellow-peers.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence
