unfranchisedadj.
(un- prefix1 2.)
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society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [adjective] > having franchises or privileges > not
charterlessa1420
unfree1442
infree1584
unaffranchized1611
unfranchised1648
unchartered1812
unenfranchised1832
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 > [adjective] > not having a vote
unburgessed1671
unenfranchised1832
unfranchised1832
unvoting1839
non-voting1846
disfranchised1865
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Onbevrijdt, vnfreed, or Vnfranchized.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unfranchised, not franchised.]
1832 A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under Seven Admin. (1837) II. 284 The honest elector will only derive from his suffrage a share..which his unfranchised neighbour will also enjoy.
1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxi. 217 The memorable partnership..between Kleisthenês and the unfranchised multitude.
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