of+suffrage

  • 71suffrage — suf·frage …

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  • 72suffrage — [ˈsʌfrɪdʒ] noun [U] the right to vote …

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  • 73suffrage — suf•frage [[t]ˈsʌf rɪdʒ[/t]] n. 1) gov the right to vote, esp. in a political election 2) gov a vote given in favor of a proposed measure, candidate, or the like 3) rel a prayer, esp. a short intercessory prayer or petition • Etymology:… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 74suffrage — /ˈsʌfrɪdʒ / (say sufrij) noun 1. the right of voting, especially in political elections. 2. a vote given in favour of a proposed measure, a candidate, or the like. 3. Ecclesiastical a prayer, especially a short intercessory prayer or petition.… …

  • 75suffrage — The right to vote; a political right or privilege as distinguished from a civil right, property right, or right of person. A conventional right, subject to regulation by the legislature to any extent not prohibited by the express or implied… …

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  • 76Women's suffrage — U.S. women suffragists demonstrating for the right to vote, February 1913 Women s suffrage or woman suffrage[1] is the right of women to vote and to run for office. The expression is also used for the economic and political reform movement aimed… …

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  • 77Universal suffrage — Part of the Politics series Elections Allotment (sortition) …

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  • 78History of women's suffrage in the United States — BeginningsLydia Chapin (Taft) (February 2, 1712 – November 9, 1778) was a forerunner of women s suffrage in Colonial America. She was the first legal woman voter in colonial America. She was granted this right by the town meeting of Uxbridge,… …

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  • 79Women's suffrage in the United Kingdom — Women were not formally prohibited from voting until the 1832 Reform Act and the 1835 Municipal Corporations Act. Both before and after 1832 establishing women s suffrage on some level was a political topic, although it would not be until 1872… …

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  • 80woman suffrage — woman suffrage, adj. woman suffragist, n. the right of women to vote; female suffrage. [1840 50] * * * Right of women by law to vote in national and local elections. Women s voting rights became an issue in the 19th century, especially in Britain …

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