suffragist

[ suhf-ruh-jist ]

/ ˈsʌf rə dʒɪst /

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noun

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

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Origin of suffragist

First recorded in 1815–25; suffrage + -ist

OTHER WORDS FROM suffragist

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

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH suffragist

suffragist , suffragette

Words nearby suffragist

Suffolk punch, Suffr., suffragan, suffrage, suffragette, suffragist, suffrutescent, suffruticose, suffumigate, suffuse, suffusion

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How to use suffragist in a sentence

He also didn’t want to meet with any pesky suffragists and ignored Shaw’s request.
Women asked for an Independence Day. They got Mother’s Day instead.|Kimberly Hamlin|May 7, 2021|Washington Post
For example, in the years following the Civil War, abolitionist and suffragist Julia Ward Howe, author of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” began organizing mothers’ peace events, which provide one origin story for Mother’s Day.
Women asked for an Independence Day. They got Mother’s Day instead.|Kimberly Hamlin|May 7, 2021|Washington Post
In the Progressive Era, suffragists organized auto parties and crossed state lines to advocate for feminist politics.
Her crazy driving is a key element of Cruella de Vil’s evil. Here’s why.|Genevieve Carpio|April 2, 2021|Washington Post
In fact, Wells, best known as a pioneering investigative journalist, civil rights activist, suffragist and founder of several organizations, started her career as a teacher.
My great-grandmother Ida B. Wells left a legacy of activism in education. We need that now.|Michelle Duster|February 11, 2021|Washington Post

There he met Frances Wright, America's first suffragist, with whom he formed an intimate friendship lasting through many years.
A History of Trade Unionism in the United States|Selig Perlman
This good man has since become an earnest anti-suffragist and opposer of the movement for the higher education of women.
McClure's Magazine, January, 1896, Vol. VI. No. 2|Various
The suffragist who bases a claim on the so-called "logic of democracy" is making the poorest possible showing for a good cause.
A Preface to Politics|Walter Lippmann
People came thirty, forty and fifty miles in buggies and wagons to shake hands with the pioneer suffragist.
The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 2 of 2)|Ida Husted Harper
Thank you for your admirable article and for the copy of the Memorial, an effective reply to that of the Suffragist ladies.
The Life of Mrs. Humphry Ward|Janet Penrose Trevelyan

British Dictionary definitions for suffragist

suffragist

/ (ˈsʌfrədʒɪst) /

noun

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

Derived forms of suffragist

suffragism, noun

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Cultural definitions for suffragist

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.

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