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suf·fra·gette

(sŭf′rə-jĕt′)

An advocate of women's suffrage, especially in the United Kingdom.

suf′fra·get′tism n.

suffragette

(ˌsʌfrəˈdʒɛt)

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a female advocate of the extension of the franchise to women, esp a militant one, as in Britain at the beginning of the 20th century

[C20: from suffrag(e) + -ette]

ˌsuffraˈgettism n

suf•fra•gette

(ˌsʌf rəˈdʒɛt)

n.

a woman who advocates female suffrage.

[1900–05]

suf`fra•get′tism, n.

usage: See -ette.

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Noun

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)

Britain, Great Britain, U.K., UK, United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

feminist, libber, women's liberationist, women's rightist - a supporter of feminism

suffragist - an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)

Translations

sufražetka

suffragette

Suffragette

suffragette

szüfrazsett

súfragetta, kvenréttindakona

forkjemper for kvinnelig stemmerett

sufražetka

为女权运动鼓吹的妇女妇女参政论者

suffragette

[ˌsʌfrəˈdʒet]

A. N → sufragista f

B. CPD suffragette movement N → movimiento m sufragista

suffragette

[ˌsʌfrəˈdʒɛt] n → suffragette fsuffragette movement n → mouvement m des suffragettes

suffragette

n → Suffragette f

suffragette

[ˌsʌfrəˈdʒɛt] n → suffragetta

suffrage

(ˈsafridʒ) noun

1. the right to vote.

2. voting.

ˌsuffraˈgette (-ˈdʒet) noun

one of the women who worked and fought for women's right to vote.

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Plynlimmon, when condemning suffragettes, had said: "The woman who can't influence her husband to vote the way she wants ought to be ashamed of herself.

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The so-called Battle of Newcastle took place in October, 1909, as the suffragette campaign for votes for women hotted up.

Suffragettes arrested at the Battle of Newcastle; trouble on streets as chancellor paid a visit to the city

The so-called Battle of Newcastle took place in October 1909, as the suffragette campaign for votes for women hotted up.

First blows in war for equality; TONY HENDERSON on the 'Battle of Newcastle' and how women took to city streets to fight for the vote in 1909

THE price ticket read "9ct gold Suffragette brooch" and the antiques fair stallholder was in no doubt: this, he explained, would have been worn by a woman in the early 1900s to show her support for the "Votes for Women" movement.

Pendant purple, and enamel from by Photo: True colours still shining through; This year marks the anniversary of some women gaining the vote, but some memorabilia may not be what it seems

But also because I have now had the privilege of glimpsing Amnesty International's Suffragette Spirit Map of Britain.

'My grandmother and great-grandmother would have been moved by this map' One hundred years ago this week, British women were given a voice. Here Helen Pankhurst, great-granddaughter of Suffragette leader Emmeline Pankhurst, tells why she's backing Amnesty International's Suffragette Spirit campaign... OwgE Ac

The dice game is called Pank-a-Squith after Emmeline Pankhurst - leader of the British Suffragette movement - and her adversary Herbert Asquith, British Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916.

Dicing with history... Suffragette game highlighted battle for votes

A SLICE OF HISTORY FOR SALE ON WEDNESDAY, March 14, Exeter auctioneers Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood will sell an archive of suffragette ephemera including, notably, a four-page 'In Memoriam' for Emily Wilding Davison (1872-1913) the suffragette who threw herself in front of King's George V's horse at the Epson Derby.

Pendant purple, and enamel from by daughter Photo: Crawford True colours still shining through; This year marks the anniversary of some women gaining the vote, but some memorabilia may not be what it seems

The dice game is called Pank-a-Squith, named after Emmeline Pankhurst - leader of the British Suffragette movement - and her adversary Herbert Asquith, British Prime Minister from 1908 to 1916.

FAIR GAME! Bizarre Suffragette board game unearthed

But next to these depressing statistics I have recently witnessed a chink of light that has filled me with hope: and it's in the form of the Suffragette Spirit campaign.

Celebrate all the women who have Suffragette Spirit; M.E.N. AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO HONOUR THOSE WHO FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT

But next to these horrible statistics I have recently witnessed a chink of light that has filled me with hope: and it's in the form of the Suffragette Spirit campaign.

Still time to nominate the suffragettes of Coventry; Kate Allen (Director of Amnesty International UK): 2017 was a bad year to be brave, but 2018 fills me with hope

The exhibition celebrates the events and people associated with the Suffragette movement in Loughborough.

Suffragette exhibition opens at town museum and library

The fight by strong women, such as Emmeline Pankhurst and Millicent Fawcett and the many women involved in the Suffragette movement, forced the government to give some women the vote before the franchise was extended 10 years later.