suffragist

suf·fra·gist  (sfr-jst) n. An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women. suffra·gism n.

suffragist members of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, photographed in 1913

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suffragist

Noun

(in Britain at the beginning of the 20th century) a person who campaigned for women to be given the right to vote in public elections

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suffragist - an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women) advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea suffragette - a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)