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suffragette

/ˌsʌf.ɹəˈd͡ʒɛt/

suffragette noun: a female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.

suffragette: a female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially...
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Noun

suffragette (plural suffragettes)

  1. (historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.
    • Perhaps no single location resonates for women’s rights campaigners today as much as Holloway, the first female-only prison, where militant suffragettes were incarcerated, went on hunger strike and were savagely force-fed.2018 February 2, “Smashed windows, broken rules: the dark suffragette sites of London”, in The Guardian, retrieved 11 Jul 2021

suffragette meaning in Bengali

suffragette in Bengali

ভোটাধিকারের দাবিতে আন্দোলনকারী নারী

Forms of suffragette

pluralsuffragettes

Origin of suffragette

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

Words formed from suffragette

Words that rhyme with suffragette

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Questions about suffragette

What does suffragette mean?
Suffragette means a female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.
What is suffragette in Bengali?
Suffragette in Bengali is ভোটাধিকারের দাবিতে আন্দোলনকারী নারী. See Suffragette meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is suffragette?
Suffragette is a noun.
How do you pronounce suffragette?
Suffragette is pronounced /ˌsʌf.ɹəˈd͡ʒɛt/ (UK).
What is the plural of suffragette?
The plural of suffragette is suffragettes.

Words near suffragette in the dictionary

  1. suffragents
  2. suffrager
  3. suffragers
  4. suffrages
  5. suffragetic
  6. suffragette
  7. suffragettes
  8. suffragetting
  9. suffragettism
  10. suffragial
  11. suffraginous

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Adapted from Wiktionary: suffragette (page history and authors); suffragette (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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