Definition of suffrages Suffrages

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Noun
suffrage - a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920"
		right to vote, vote
		enfranchisement, franchise freedom from political subjugation or servitude
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do

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suffrage (Noun)
The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision.
suffrage (Noun)
A vote in deciding a particular question.
suffrage (Noun)
The right to vote for elected officials in a representative democracy.
suffrage (Noun)
The right of women to vote.
suffrage (Noun)
A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
suffrage (Noun)
A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
suffrage (Noun)
Aid, intercession.

suffrage (n.)
A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.
suffrage (n.)
Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
suffrage (n.)
A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
suffrage (n.)
A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed.
suffrage (n.)
Aid; assistance.
suffrage (n.)
The right to vote; franchise.
suffrage (v. t.)
To vote for; to elect.

suffrage
suf′rāj, n. a vote: a vote in approbation of any proposal, hence approval, assent: testimony, witness: any short intercessory prayer.—n. Suff′ragist, one who votes: one holding particular opinions about the right of voting. [L. suffragium, saffragāri, to vote for.]