Associations to the word «Suffrage»

Wiktionary

SUFFRAGE, noun. (uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision.
SUFFRAGE, noun. (countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
SUFFRAGE, noun. The right to vote for elected officials in a representative democracy.
SUFFRAGE, noun. (US) The right of women to vote.
SUFFRAGE, noun. (countable) (Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
SUFFRAGE, noun. (countable) (Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
SUFFRAGE, noun. (uncountable) Aid, intercession.
SUFFRAGE, noun. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.

Dictionary definition

SUFFRAGE, noun. 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".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley