'Suffrage' definitions:

Definition of 'suffrage'

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noun
A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920" [syn: right to vote, vote, suffrage]

Definition of 'Suffrage'

From: GCIDE
  • Suffrage \Suf"frage\, v. t. To vote for; to elect. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Suffrage'

From: GCIDE
  • Suffrage \Suf"frage\, n. [F., fr. L. suffragium; perhaps originally, a broken piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and fr. sub under + the root of frangere to break. See Break.]
  • 1. A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote. [1913 Webster]
  • I ask your voices and your suffrages. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. [1913 Webster]
  • Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
  • Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine. --South. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Eccl.) (a) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. (b) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed. --Shipley. [1913 Webster]
  • I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful. --Creed of Pope Pius IV. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Aid; assistance. [A Latinism] [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • 5. The right to vote; franchise. [PJC]

Synonyms of 'suffrage'

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