suffrage
suff·rage
noun
1.
a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
- “American women got the vote in 1920”
Origin
From Middle English suffrage (“prayers or pleas on behalf of another”), from Middle French suffrage (from Old French suffrage) and its etymon Classical Latin suffrāgium (“support, vote, right of voting”).
Phrases
- active suffrage
- manhood suffrage
- universal suffrage
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