suffragette

«suffragette» in Mova's school dictionary: A suffragette was a woman, especially in Britain about a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a suffragette, suffragettes)

meaning for a pupil

1) A suffragette was a woman, especially in Britain about a hundred years ago, who campaigned, often with bold protests, for women to have the right to vote in elections. tree →

2) More widely, a suffragette or suffragist is anyone who fought for women's votes. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons the suffragettes (Emmeline Pankhurst and others) are taught as part of how democracy grew in the UK; they marched, chained themselves to railings and were sent to prison. Women in Britain got the vote step by step after their campaigns. New Zealand was the first country where women could vote in national elections. «Suffrage» means the right to vote.

examples

• The suffragettes wanted women to be allowed to vote. tree →
• Emmeline Pankhurst was a famous suffragette. tree →
• Some suffragettes were sent to prison for protesting. tree →
• Suffragettes wore purple, white and green. tree →
• Our class read about suffragettes in history. tree →
• The suffragette chained herself to the railings. tree →
• Thanks to the suffragettes and others, women in Britain can vote today. tree →

note

Countable: suffragettes. «Suffrage» means the right to vote; it has nothing to do with «suffer», although they sound similar. «Suffragist» is often used for campaigners who used only peaceful methods.

In the corpora

• Some people disliked the suffragettes' methods, but their actions made the question impossible to ignore.
• The suffragettes' motto was Deeds not words, and their colours were purple, white and green.

Trees and pragmatics

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