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SUFFRAGETTE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("suffragette" is a kind of...):
feminist; libber; women's liberationist; women's rightist (a supporter of feminism)
suffragist (an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women))
Domain region:
Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Derivation:
suffrage (a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment)
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