suffragistn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈsʌfrᵻdʒɪst/, U.S.

/ˈsəfrədʒəst/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: suffrage n., -ist suffix.

Etymology: < suffrage n. + -ist suffix.

Now historical.

A. n.

1. With modifying word indicating a group of people or proportion of the population: a person who advocates or campaigns for extension of the right to vote in political elections to the group specified, or to the extent specified.universal suffragist, woman suffragist: see first element.Recorded earliest in universal suffragist n. at universal adj., n., and adv. Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > advocacy of extension > one who

suffragist1818

woman suffragist1871

suffragette1906

1818 Bury & Norwich Post 17 June Hunt, it is said, in order to increase his popularity with the universal suffragists, took the following oath.

1868 Examiner 19 Dec. 1/2 The Household Suffragists have their reward in the honour and confidence shown them by the people.

1918 M. Hovell & T. F. Tout Chartist Movement xvii. 265 The deep gulf between the Complete Suffragist and the Chartist is symbolised in the extreme contrast between the journalism of the Nonconformist and that of the Northern Star.

2002 Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. Oct. 626 This tendency by many Republicans to pursue a cautious and somewhat expedient course on the suffrage question deeply angered some black suffragists.

2. spec. Without modifying word: a person (esp. a woman) who advocates or campaigns for women's right to vote in political elections.Originally a generic term, suffragist came to refer specifically to those advocates of women's suffrage who campaigned through peaceful, constitutional measures, in distinction to the suffragettes who employed direct action and civil disobedience. Cf. suffragette n.

ΚΠ

1870 Boston Post 11 May A lady suffragist out West brands as slanderous the charge that strong-minded women have big feet.

1870 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 21 Dec. One of the grave questions just now agitating the suffragists is this: ‘If women are too angelic to vote, how can they best be made wicked enough to become worthy of that great blessing?’.

1914 Daily Mail 8 June 6/6 I am a woman and a suffragist.

1924 M. G. Fawcett What I Remember xviii. 181 For several years, the whole country—indeed, one might almost say the whole world—rang with the doings of the Suffragettes, as the violent Suffragists came to be called.

2018 Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. T2 Mag. 6 Gillian Wearing's striking new statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square has been attacked..by those who think that Fawcett, a suffragist, shouldn't have been given this privileged position when it was the suffragettes..who risked their lives and liberty.

B. adj. Chiefly attributive.

Of or relating to the cause of securing women's right to vote in political elections; that advocates or supports this cause.

ΚΠ

1870 Commerce (Missouri) Disp. 19 Nov. She has but little sympathy with the suffragist movements; but with all her magnificent might she strives to help womankind.

1909 Manch. Guardian 29 Sept. 4/4 The forcible feeding of suffragist prisoners was the subject of several questions yesterday in the House of Commons.

1912 Amer. Meat Trade & Retail Butchers Jrnl. 11 Apr. 7/3 The sausage woman, who is not suffragist, because she believes woman's place is the home.

a1955 M. W. Park Front Door Lobby (1960) xviii. 261 The first speech was made by Senator Wadsworth of New York, whose very clever attack upon suffragist tactics was followed by an appeal to the economic fears and prejudices of his own prosperous class.

2018 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 5 Oct. She [sc. Susan B. Anthony] was described as the ‘Napoleon’ of the suffragist movement because of her organizational, tactical and persuasive skill.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suffragist
释义	suffragistn.adj. Brit. /ˈsʌfrᵻdʒɪst/, U.S. /ˈsəfrədʒəst/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: suffrage n., -ist suffix. Etymology: < suffrage n. + -ist suffix. Now historical. A. n. 1. With modifying word indicating a group of people or proportion of the population: a person who advocates or campaigns for extension of the right to vote in political elections to the group specified, or to the extent specified.universal suffragist, woman suffragist: see first element.Recorded earliest in universal suffragist n. at universal adj., n., and adv. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > advocacy of extension > one who suffragist1818 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > advocacy of extension > one who > to women suffragist1818 woman suffragist1871 suffragette1906 1818 Bury & Norwich Post 17 June Hunt, it is said, in order to increase his popularity with the universal suffragists, took the following oath. 1868 Examiner 19 Dec. 1/2 The Household Suffragists have their reward in the honour and confidence shown them by the people. 1918 M. Hovell & T. F. Tout Chartist Movement xvii. 265 The deep gulf between the Complete Suffragist and the Chartist is symbolised in the extreme contrast between the journalism of the Nonconformist and that of the Northern Star. 2002 Pennsylvania Mag. Hist. & Biogr. Oct. 626 This tendency by many Republicans to pursue a cautious and somewhat expedient course on the suffrage question deeply angered some black suffragists. 2. spec. Without modifying word: a person (esp. a woman) who advocates or campaigns for women's right to vote in political elections.Originally a generic term, suffragist came to refer specifically to those advocates of women's suffrage who campaigned through peaceful, constitutional measures, in distinction to the suffragettes who employed direct action and civil disobedience. Cf. suffragette n. ΚΠ 1870 Boston Post 11 May A lady suffragist out West brands as slanderous the charge that strong-minded women have big feet. 1870 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 21 Dec. One of the grave questions just now agitating the suffragists is this: ‘If women are too angelic to vote, how can they best be made wicked enough to become worthy of that great blessing?’. 1914 Daily Mail 8 June 6/6 I am a woman and a suffragist. 1924 M. G. Fawcett What I Remember xviii. 181 For several years, the whole country—indeed, one might almost say the whole world—rang with the doings of the Suffragettes, as the violent Suffragists came to be called. 2018 Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. T2 Mag. 6 Gillian Wearing's striking new statue of Millicent Fawcett in Parliament Square has been attacked..by those who think that Fawcett, a suffragist, shouldn't have been given this privileged position when it was the suffragettes..who risked their lives and liberty. B. adj. Chiefly attributive. Of or relating to the cause of securing women's right to vote in political elections; that advocates or supports this cause. ΚΠ 1870 Commerce (Missouri) Disp. 19 Nov. She has but little sympathy with the suffragist movements; but with all her magnificent might she strives to help womankind. 1909 Manch. Guardian 29 Sept. 4/4 The forcible feeding of suffragist prisoners was the subject of several questions yesterday in the House of Commons. 1912 Amer. Meat Trade & Retail Butchers Jrnl. 11 Apr. 7/3 The sausage woman, who is not suffragist, because she believes woman's place is the home. a1955 M. W. Park Front Door Lobby (1960) xviii. 261 The first speech was made by Senator Wadsworth of New York, whose very clever attack upon suffragist tactics was followed by an appeal to the economic fears and prejudices of his own prosperous class. 2018 Salt Lake Tribune (Nexis) 5 Oct. She [sc. Susan B. Anthony] was described as the ‘Napoleon’ of the suffragist movement because of her organizational, tactical and persuasive skill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1818
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