suffrage

«suffrage» in Mova's school dictionary: the right to vote in elections — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (suffrage — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Suffrage is the right to vote in elections. tree →

2) "Women's suffrage" means women's right to vote, and "universal suffrage" means all adult citizens can vote. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and citizenship lessons it comes with the suffragists and suffragettes, who campaigned for women's votes: women in New Zealand won the vote in 1893, in the UK some women in 1918 and all women at 21 in 1928, in the USA in 1920 (19th Amendment). Black Americans and many others also fought long for equal suffrage. Phrases: "women's suffrage", "universal suffrage", "suffrage movement".

examples

• New Zealand was the first country where women won national suffrage, in 1893. tree →
• The suffrage movement held big marches in London. tree →
• Universal suffrage means every adult citizen can vote. tree →
• Suffragettes fought for women's suffrage. tree →
• In 1920, American women gained suffrage. tree →
• We made posters about suffrage in history. tree →
• The right to vote is called suffrage. tree →

note

Uncountable. Not related to "suffer", even though it looks similar. Suffragists campaigned peacefully; suffragettes (a UK name) sometimes used direct action. Spelling: double f, "-rage".

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «suffrage» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.