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suffragette

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for suffragette.

Editorial note

I don't call myself a suffragette, either, but that doesn't mean I am against women being allowed to vote.

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Quick take

(historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of suffragette gathered in one view.

noun

(historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for suffragette.

noun

(historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.

Example sentences

1

I don't call myself a suffragette, either, but that doesn't mean I am against women being allowed to vote.

2

You probably shouldn't look into the history of the suffragette or civil rights movements, for your own sanity.

3

That's why we focus on the important stuff like spending several million to call lines suffragette and lionness.

4

Besides, women's liberation in the West stretches at least as far back as the suffragette movements, which is hardly something pushed by capitalists.

5

That argument was used (a lot) to decry suffragette protests and desegregation protests.

6

One of my favourite pro-cycling quotes is from the suffragette Susan B.

7

Even in the United States, this happened during the suffragette movement; those women hunger striking for the vote were sometimes imprisoned in asylums for hysteria.

8

I would not go onto national television and act like earning way more than anyone else made me a modern suffragette.

9

A penguin draped in suffragette colours becomes the new mascot.

10

Is the suffragette movement about to fizzle out?

11

The only parent-child contract was to bring back Windows XP to its usable state when direly needed by my mother to type/edit her dissertation chapters about women suffragette literature.

12

It was being used by Cadburys chocolate, Silk Cut Cigarettes, and the women's movement (purple, white and green are the colours of the suffragette movement) for years before the Interwebz.

Quote examples

1

("A riot is the language of the unheard"); ignore the militancy of the suffragette movement in the UK; etc.

2

On average when people think Feminism, their frame of reference starts with the suffragette movements, which is how we came up with demarcation of “waves” of different periods in recent Feminist history which are defined by overarching themes.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use suffragette in a sentence?

I don't call myself a suffragette, either, but that doesn't mean I am against women being allowed to vote.

What does suffragette mean?

(historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.

What part of speech is suffragette?

suffragette is commonly used as noun.