right+of+suffrage
31Right of Free Elections — ▪ Primary Source The year 1796 saw the first contested presidential election in our country s history, for Washington had had little opposition in 1792, and none in 1789. The pride with which American voters participated in the… …
32suffrage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. franchise, right to vote; [the] vote, ballot. See choice, rightness. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. voice, ballot, testimonial, the right to vote; see vote 3 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. right to vote …
33suffrage — [ sʌfrɪdʒ] noun 1》 the right to vote in political elections. ↘archaic a vote given for a person or in assent to a proposal. 2》 (suffrages) (in the Book of Common Prayer) the intercessory petitions pronounced by a priest in the Litany. ↘a… …
34suffrage — noun suffrage for women is not yet a universal condition Syn: franchise, right to vote, the vote, enfranchisement, ballot …
35suffrage — n. vote; right to vote; supplication. ♦ suffragial, a. ♦ suffragist, n. believer in extension of suffrage …
36suffrage — noun Etymology: in sense 1, from Middle English, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin suffragium, from Latin, vote, political support, from suffragari to support with one s vote; in other senses, from Latin suffragium Date: 14th century 1. a… …
37suffrage — noun a) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision. b) A kind of prayer. Syn: franchise See Also …
38suffrage — The legal right to vote in public elections. Hence suffragists and suffragettes were women who campaigned for the vote, the former by using quiet, constitutional means involving pamphleteering and addressing meetings, the latter being also… …
39suffrage — suf|frage [ˈsʌfrıdʒ] n [U] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: suffragium vote, political support ] the right to vote in national elections …
40suffrage — suf·frage || sÊŒfrɪdÊ’ n. right to vote; vote cast in favor of a specific candidate; short prayer or petition (Ecclesiastical) …
