suffragist
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- noun
- /ˈsʌfrəˌdʒɪst/
- Archaic
- During the protest, the suffragists rallied together to demand equality at the polls for all women.
- suffragist and abolitionist
- suffragist and feminist
- women suffragists
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Examples
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Women, black and white, began the struggle for the vote at a convention of suffragists at Seneca Falls, NY, in 1848.
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Will you honor the memory of the suffragists who fought for your voice by voting?
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Lucy Burns spent more time in prison than any other suffragist in the country.
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Their taste of independence lent new impetus to the suffragist movement that was already making headway before the war.
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Ichikawa Fusae was a leading feminist, prewar suffragist, and member of Japan's Upper House of Parliament.
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In America, the abolitionists, the suffragists, and the civil rights marchers all invoked our natural rights in their struggles to overturn unjust law.
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At the suffragist meeting, they discussed strategies to ensure women could vote in the upcoming election.
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Matilda Joslyn Gage, a prominent suffragist, fought tirelessly for women's right to participate in democracy.
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A woman who fought for women's right to vote in the early 1900s
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Etymology
The word suffragist comes from the Latin root suffragium, which meant a 'vote' or 'support' and is the same root behind suffrage. So a suffragist is someone who works for the 'right to vote', especially for women.