Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An advocate of women's suffrage, especially in the United Kingdom.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A woman who advocates female suffrage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A woman who advocates the right to vote for women; a woman suffragist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A female
supporter , oftenmilitant , of women'sright tovote in the early 20th century
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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)
Etymologies
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Examples
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Today, the term suffragette is often considered demeaning.
suffragette 2002
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When the years brought those violent scenes and emotions of what has been called the suffragette campaign, Rosalie, who might have been expected to be a militant of the militants, took no part nor even interest in it whatever.
This Freedom 1925
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This then is the end of the argument in favour of the suffragette, which is developed out of her own psychology.
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Given that the speech focused on bringing all her supporters behind Obama, mainly women who see her candidacy as part of the 'suffragette' movement and last nigh being the anniversary of the women obtaining the right to vote and all I thought it was a very divisive subliminal message.
New York Times: Hillary Speech Partly Driven By Ambition 2009
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There were enough men involved in the women's rights movement that the anti-vote males in the media used "suffragette" to humiliate men who were "suffragists," diminishing the term by putting an "ette" on the end.
Ellen Snortland: Women's Equality Day -- Thank you President Jimmy Carter 2009
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By the way, the term "suffragette" is an example of turn-of-the-century media "spin."
Ellen Snortland: Women's Equality Day -- Thank you President Jimmy Carter 2009
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Her fellow 'suffragette', Maria Sharapova, recently sealed a £45million contract with a sports manufacturer, the most lucrative commercial deal ever for a female athlete.
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Her fellow 'suffragette', Maria Sharapova, recently sealed a £45million contract with a sports manufacturer, the most lucrative commercial deal ever for a female athlete.
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The nitpicky twits who are looking to turn men into the enemy are not humanists, let alone feminists in the true "suffragette" sense of the word.
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"suffragette" was originally used to put a negative spin on the gender-neutral term
unknown title 2009
abraxaszugzwang commented on the word suffragette
Su su su suffragette city. Aaaaaaaaaw suffragette!
February 7, 2007
Prolagus commented on the word suffragette
You were chained to a girl that would kill you with a look
(It’s a nice way to die, she’s so easy on the eye)
She said let’s get away, but you played it by the book
(You’re a warden’s pet, she’s a screaming suffragette).
(White collar boy, by Belle and Sebastian)
April 28, 2008