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suffragist

suffragist noun: a person who promotes suffrage.

Noun

suffragist (plural suffragists)

  1. A person who promotes suffrage.
    • Other suffragists (like Susan B. Anthony and Alva Vanderbilt Belmont) and “suffragents” helped make the referendum a reality here. Ms. [Elaine] Weiss called New York “the linchpin” that put our country on the path to pass the 19th Amendment in 1920, granting women across the United States the right...2017 November 6, Alexandra S. Levine, “New York Today: A Century of Women Voting”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06...
  2. One who votes.

Adjective

suffragist (comparative more suffragist, superlative most suffragist)

  1. Of, relating to, or promoting suffrage.
    • On June 4 the first speech was made by Senator [James Wolcott] Wadsworth [Jr.] of New York, whose very clever attack upon suffragist tactics was followed by an appeal to the economic fears and prejudices of his own prosperous class: […]a. 1956, Maud Wood Park, “Belated Victory”, in Edna Lamprey Stantial, editor, Front Door Lobby: A Vivid Account of How the 19th Amendment (Woman Suffrage) Became a Reality, Boston, Mass.: Beacon...
    • She [Isabella Stewart Gardner] lived during one of the most tumultuous eras in American history, an era that included the Civil War, Reconstruction, the explosion of industrial capitalism and the rise of the socialist, trade-union, Populist, suffragist and transcendentalist movements.1998 February 4, Susie Linfield, “A Woman’s Life Overwhelmed by Exclamation Points”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Forms of suffragist

Noun
pluralsuffragists
Adjective
comparativemore suffragist
superlativemost suffragist

Origin of suffragist

From suffrage + -ist (“person, agent”).

Words formed from suffragist

Questions about suffragist

What does suffragist mean?
Suffragist means a person who promotes suffrage.
What part of speech is suffragist?
Suffragist can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of suffragist?
The plural of suffragist is suffragists.

Words near suffragist in the dictionary

  1. suffragetting
  2. suffragettism
  3. suffragial
  4. suffraginous
  5. suffragism
  6. suffragist
  7. suffragistic
  8. suffragists
  9. suffragitis
  10. suffrago
  11. suffrajitsu

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