right+of+suffrage
11suffrage — late 14c., prayers or pleas on behalf of another, from O.Fr. suffrage (13c.), from M.L. suffragium, from L. suffragium support, vote, right of voting, from suffragari lend support, vote for someone, from sub under (see SUB (Cf. sub )) + fragor… …
12Suffrage — Suf frage, n. [F., fr. L. suffragium; perhaps originally, a broken piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and fr. sub under + the root of frangere to break. See {Break}.] 1. A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man… …
13suffrage — [suf′rij] n. [ME < MFr < ML(Ec) < L suffragium, decision, vote, suffrage < sub (see SUB ) + fragor, loud applause, orig., din, a crashing < IE base * bhreĝ , to crash, BREAK] 1. a prayer or act of intercession or supplication 2. a… …
14suffrage, women’s — n. The right of women to vote in political elections, granted by the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 …
15suffrage — ► NOUN ▪ the right to vote in political elections. ORIGIN originally in the sense «intercessory prayers», also «assistance»: from Latin suffragium …
16right to vote — index suffrage Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
17Suffrage in Japan — Overview of Women’s Suffrage in Japan= Although women’s advocacy has been present in Japan since the nineteenth century, aggressive women’s suffrage in Japan was born during the turbulent interwar period of the 1920s. Enduring a societal,… …
18suffrage — /suf rij/, n. 1. the right to vote, esp. in a political election. 2. a vote given in favor of a proposed measure, candidate, or the like. 3. Eccles. a prayer, esp. a short intercessory prayer or petition. [1350 1400; ME < L suffragium voting… …
19Right of asylum — Asylum seekers by country of origin.   40,000 asylum seekers …
20Suffrage — After the Batavian Revolution, in 1798 the right to vote was given to all male citizens 20 years of age and older who were not servants or dependent on charity. Following the Restoration of 1815, suffrage became dependent on a high level of… …
