'Suffragette' definitions:
Definition of 'suffragette'
(from WordNet)
noun
A woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)
Definition of 'Suffragette'
From: GCIDE
- Suffragette \Suf`fra*gette"\ n. A woman who advocates the right to vote for women; a woman suffragist.
- Note: This term was applied mostly to women in the United States prior to the adoption of the 19th amendment to the constitution in 1920, giving women the right to vote. Modern use of this term usually refers to the women who advocated female suffrage[5] in the years prior to 1920. [PJC]