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Definition of Suffragette
1. Noun. A woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century).
Generic synonyms: Feminist, Libber, Women's Liberationist, Women's Rightist, Suffragist
Derivative terms: Suffrage
Definition of Suffragette
1. Noun. A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Suffragette
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suffragette
Literary usage of Suffragette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New York Times Current History (1915)
"I learn that the Turkish losses amount to over 80000, and that 50000 wounded have
been sent to Constantinople. "War Babies [From The suffragette of London, ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1910 University of Chicago coeds will carry their suffrage enthusiasm into the
theatre district Friday and Saturday, when they appear in the suffragette ..."
3. Putnam's Magazine (1910)
"It is my pride and my pleasure to introduce to you the Honorable Amy Stalker,
suffragette." JOHN. Bravo, Augusta! PRUDENCE. Was n't it clever of her? ..."
4. More Chapters of Opera: Being Historical and Critical Observations and by Henry Edward Krehbiel (1919)
"... "suffragette" OPERA—" ARIANE ET BARBE-BLEUE "—HOW A SATIRE WAS CONSTRUED AS
A PLEA FOR WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE THE twenty-sixth season of opera at the ..."
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