'Enfranchised' definitions:
Definition of 'enfranchised'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote [ant: disenfranchised, disfranchised, voiceless, voteless]
Definition of 'Enfranchised'
From: GCIDE
- Enfranchise \En*fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfranchised; p. pr. & vb. n. Enfranchising.] [Pref. en- + franchise: cf. F. enfranchir.]
- 1. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman; to give the right to vote. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'enfranchised'
From: GCIDE
- enfranchised \enfranchised\ adj. endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote. disenfranchised [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'enfranchised'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptable,
- admissible,
- authorized,
- chartered,
- desirable,
- eligible,
- empowered,
- entitled,
- fit,
- fitted,
- franchised,
- licensed,
- patented,
- privileged,
- qualified,
- sanctioned,
- suitable,
- warranted,
- with voice,
- with vote,
- worthy