NOUN | attribute | suffrage, right to vote, vote | a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution |
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Sounds | sah'frihjh | |
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Rhymes | abridge ... yardage: 133 rhymes with ihjh... |
Meaning | A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment. | |
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Synonyms | right to vote, vote | |
Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
Narrower | universal suffrage | suffrage for all adults who are not disqualified by the laws of the country |
Broader | franchise, enfranchisement | A statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote) |
Spanish | derecho al voto, sufragio, voto | |
Catalan | sufragi | |
Nouns | 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) |
suffragist | an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women) |
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