enfranchiseverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈfræn.tʃaɪz/us/ɪnˈfræn.tʃaɪz/formalto give a person or group of people the right to vote in elections:
Women in Britain were first enfranchised in 1918.
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Elections
- absentee ballot
- absentee vote
- absolute majority
- abstain
- abstention
- aye
- franchise
- general election
- gerrymandering
- go to the country idiom
- hat
- nominate
- rigging
- safe
- scrutineer
- secret ballot
- show of hands
- spoil
- stump
- vote of confidence
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enfranchisement
noun [ U ] uk/ɪnˈfræn.tʃaɪz.mənt/us/ɪnˈfræn.tʃaɪz.mənt/