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suffragette

suff·ra·gette

UK/ˌsʌf.ɹəˈd͡ʒɛt/ US/ˌsʌfrʌˈdʒɛt/ rare

noun

1.

a woman advocate of women''s right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)

Origin

From suffrage + -ette, first used as a derisive label by the Daily Mail in 1906, but eventually adopted by the WSPU itself.

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