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Definition of Disfranchised
1. Adjective. Deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote. "Disenfrenchised masses took to the streets"
Antonyms: Enfranchised
Derivative terms: Voicelessness
Definition of Disfranchised
1. Verb. (past of disfranchise) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disfranchised
1. disfranchise [v] - See also: disfranchise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disfranchised
Literary usage of Disfranchised
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Your Congress: An Interpretation of the Political and Parliamentary by Lynn Haines, National Voters' League (U.S.) (1915)
"The map on the next page locates the disfranchised districts and shows also the
geographic centers of real authority in the last Congress. ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"The judges and clerks of election are required to take an oath that they are not
disfranchised, that they will honestly and faithfully support the ..."
3. History of Europe, from the Fall of Napoleon, in 1815, to the Accession of by Archibald Alison (1859)
"Hythe, partially disfranchised, IV. 42 note. of, and his position after fall of
Acre, 73—probable results ... Ilchester disfranchised, IV. xxiii. 42 note. ..."
4. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"All who were not shut out by this process must on applying to be registered "
solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have not been disfranchised for ..."
5. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1861)
"... been actually disfranchised in electing delegates to the Convention assembled
to frame the Constitution, not one of which counties had given or could ..."
6. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1847)
"—Captain Underhill disfranchised.— Order for disarming the Majority of the Boston
Church. — Winthrop impugned; his Vindication. ..."