suffragette

suffragette
noun Date: 1906 a woman who advocates suffrage for women

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  • Suffragette — is a term originally coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for the more radical and militant members of the late 19th and early 20th century movement for women s suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the… …   Wikipedia

  • suffragette — [ syfraʒɛt ] n. f. • 1907; mot angl. (1906); de suffrage ♦ Hist. Femme qui, en Angleterre, militait pour le droit de vote féminin, avant la modification de la loi électorale. ⇒aussi féministe. ● suffragette nom féminin (anglais suffragette, de …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Suffragette — Sf Frauenrechtlerin erw. obs. (20. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. suffragette, dieses aus ne. suffragette, eigentlich Wahlrechtskämpferin , zu ne. suffrage Wahlstimme , dieses aus l. suffrāgium n. Stimme, Abstimmung .    Ebenso nndl.… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Suffragette — Suf fra*gette n. A woman who advocates the right to vote for women; a woman suffragist. Note: This term was applied mostly to women in the United States prior to the adoption of the 19th amendment to the constitution in 1920, giving women the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • suffragette — female supporter of the cause of women s voting rights, 1906, from SUFFRAGE (Cf. suffrage), with Fr. fem. ending in vogue at the time. Earlier (without reference to sex) suffragist (1822) advocate of extension of the political franchise in… …   Etymology dictionary

  • suffragette — ► NOUN historical ▪ a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest …   English terms dictionary

  • suffragette — [suf΄rə jet′] n. [< SUFFRAGE + ETTE] a woman who militantly advocates the right of women to vote: this term is objected to by some, who prefer suffragist suffragettism n …   English World dictionary

  • Suffragette — Suf|fra|gẹt|te auch: Suff|ra|gẹt|te 〈f. 19; in England u. Amerika 1903 1914〉 Verfechterin der Frauenrechte, bes. des Stimmrechts [zu lat. suffragium „Stimmrecht“] * * * Suf|f|ra|gẹt|te, die; , n [(frz. suffragette <) engl. suffragette, zu:… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Suffragette — Droit de vote Généralités Démocratie · Dépouillement · Droits civiques · Élection · Système électoral · Vote Typologies Suffrages : capacitaire · censitaire · universel Votes  …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Suffragette — Suf|fra|get|te die; , n unter Einfluss von fr. suffragette aus gleichbed. engl. suffragette zu suffrage »(Wahl)stimme«, dies aus lat. suffragium, vgl. ↑Suffragan>: a) radikale Frauenrechtlerin in Großbritannien vor 1914; b) (veraltet… …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • suffragette — [[t]sʌ̱frəʤe̱t[/t]] suffragettes N COUNT In the early twentieth century in Britain, a suffragette was a woman who was involved in the campaign for women to have the right to vote. She was a suffragette and a birth control pioneer. Syn: suffragist …   English dictionary

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