suffragist

[suhf-ruh-jist]

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noun

an advocate of the grant or extension of political suffrage, especially to women.

Origin of suffragist

First recorded in 1815–25; suffrage + -ist

Related formssuf·fra·gism, nounsuf·fra·gis·ti·cal·ly, adverban·ti·suf·fra·gist, noun, adjective

Can be confusedsuffragist suffragette

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Related Words for suffragist

resident, citizen, taxpayer, suffragist

Examples from the Web for suffragist

Historical Examples of suffragist

Because a woman is a suffragist is no reason that she may not be a good housekeeper.
The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV
Various
Off and on, I should say at least fifty Colorado women have tried to make a suffragist of me.
An American Suffragette
Isaac N. Stevens
Hercules will always bow to Venus because she is Venus, though Venus be a suffragist.
The Woman and the Right to Vote
Rafael Palma
The Prime Minister, between you and me, is as good a Suffragist as any of us.
The Convert
Elizabeth Robins
It was then that I realised that I was not, heart and soul, a Suffragist.
Affinities and Other Stories
Mary Roberts Rinehard

British Dictionary definitions for suffragist

suffragist

noun

an advocate of the extension of the franchise, esp to women

Derived Formssuffragism, noun

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Word Origin and History for suffragist

1822, from suffrage + -ist.

suffragist in Culture

suffragist

[(suf-ruh-jist)]

A participant in the women's movement to win voting rights in the United States. The fight for women's suffrage was organized in the middle of the nineteenth century. Wyoming, while not yet a state, granted women's suffrage in 1869, though the struggle for universal suffrage was to last another fifty years. In 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, guaranteeing that no state could deny the right to vote on the basis of sex.