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suffragette
[suhf-ruh-jet]
noun
a female advocate of the right of women to vote, especially one who participated in protests in the United Kingdom in the early 20th century.
suffragette
/ ˌʌڰəˈɛ /
noun
a female advocate of the extension of the franchise to women, esp a militant one, as in Britain at the beginning of the 20th century
suffragette
A suffragist. Today, the term suffragette is often considered demeaning.
Gender Note
Other Word Forms
- suffragettism noun
- ˌܴڴڰˈٳپ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of suffragette1
Word History and Origins
Origin of suffragette1
Example Sentences
However she had also been drawn to the suffragette movement at a young age.
Christina Broom, one of Britain’s first female press photographers, recorded the burgeoning suffragette movement in the early 1900s.
To paraphrase the suffragettes: We may love roses, but we also need bread.
When the suffragettes were fighting for the right to vote, the women were not really allowed to drive carriages.
The Scottish Parliament issued an apology in November 2022 after a woman was ejected from a committee meeting for refusing to remove a scarf in suffragette colours.
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When To Use
A suffragette refers to a woman who advocates for women’s right to vote. This term especially applies to women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the U.S. and U.K.
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