adj
Meaning 1
Of, relating to, or promoting suffrage.
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Standard Lemma guide
suffragist
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who promotes suffrage.
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noun
Meaning 3
One who votes.
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noun
Meaning 4
an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
Narrower terms: suffragette, Anthony, Susan Anthony, Susan B. Anthony, Susan Brownell Anthony, Howe, Julia Ward Howe, Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, Morris, Esther Morris, Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris, Mott, Lucretia Coffin Mott, Rankin, Jeannette Rankin, Shaw, Anna Howard Shaw, Smith, Julia Evelina Smith, Stanton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Stone, Lucy Stone, Willard, Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard, Woodhull, Victoria Clafin Woodhull
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bhreg-der.? Latin suffrāgō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Classical Latin suffrāgiumbor. Old French suffrage Middle French suffragebor. ▲ Classical Latin suffrāgiumlbor. Middle English suffrage English suffrage Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English suffragist From suffrage + -ist (“person, agent”).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: sufražetka — person who promotes suffrage
- Finnish: suffrageetti — person who promotes suffrage
- German: Stimmrechtler — person who promotes suffrage
- German: Stimmrechtlerin — person who promotes suffrage
- Italian: suffragista — person who promotes suffrage
- Polish: sufrażystka — person who promotes suffrage
- Polish: sufrażysta — person who promotes suffrage
- Russian: суфражи́стка (sufražístka) — person who promotes suffrage
- Spanish: sufragista — person who promotes suffrage
- Ukrainian: суфражи́стка (sufražýstka) — person who promotes suffrage
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