| 单词 | suffrage |
| 释义 | suffrage (once / 333 pages) n Suffrage is the right to vote in public elections. Universal suffrage means everyone gets to vote, as opposed to only men, or property holders. Suffrage has nothing to do with "suffering," unless the wrong person is elected. Female supporters of women's suffrage in 1906 were called suffragettes, because the French suffix –ette was trendy back then. But nowadays words with -ette are shunned because they imply the inferiority of women. So it seems that female supporters of a woman's right to vote were referred to by a sexist term. WORD FAMILYsuffrage: suffrages, suffragette, suffragism, suffragist+/suffragette: suffragettes/suffragist: suffragists USAGE EXAMPLESBut the suffrage is also extended to a special class of citizen, whose number during the voting window was 58: past Heisman winners. New York Times(Dec 09, 2016) Powers, was a leading progressive clergyman in bustling Seattle back in the day, supporting the women’s suffrage movement, among other causes, with prayer and speeches. Washington Times(Dec 03, 2016) But she did not believe in women’s suffrage, nor did she believe that women could do all professions just as well as men. Time(Nov 23, 2016) n a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment Syn|Hypo|Hyper right to vote, vote universal suffrage suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country enfranchisement, franchise a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) |
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