suffrage
The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.
Example
“universal suffrage, women's suffrage, negro suffrage”
Other meanings
A vote in deciding a particular question.
A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
Related words
- antisuffrage
- antisuffragism
- nonsuffrage
- presuffrage
- suffraged
- suffragent
- suffrager
- suffragism
- suffragitis
- manhood suffrage
- active suffrage
- passive suffrage
Word history
From Old French "suffrage".
Where this comes from
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