Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
- noun The exercise of such a right.
- noun A vote cast in deciding a disputed question or in electing a person to office.
- noun A short intercessory prayer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To vote for; elect.
- noun A vote or voice given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a person to occupy an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion on some doubtful question; consent; assent; approval.
- noun The political right or act of voting; the exercise of the voting power in political affairs; especially, the right, under a representative government, of participating, directly or indirectly, in the choice of public officers and in the adoption or rejection of fundamental laws: usually with the definite article.
- noun Testimony; attestation; witness.
- noun Eccles., an intercessory prayer or petition.
- noun In liturgics: Short petitions, especially those in the litany, the lesser litany or preces at morning and evening prayer, etc.
- noun The prayers of the people in response to and as distinguished from the versicles or prayers said in litanies by the clergyman.
- noun Aid; assistance; relief.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun 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.
- noun Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
- noun A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
- noun A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed.
- noun A Latinism, obsolete Aid; assistance.
- noun The right to vote; franchise.
- transitive verb obsolete To vote for; to elect.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable The
right orchance tovote , express anopinion , or participate in adecision . - noun countable A vote in deciding a particular question.
- noun The right to vote for elected officials in a representative democracy.
- noun US The right of women to vote.
- noun countable, Christianity A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
- noun countable, Christianity A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
- noun uncountable, Christianity
Aid ,intercession .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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This first clause, then, fixes the class of persons to whom belong this right of suffrage -- _Federal suffrage_ -- not State suffrage.
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862
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I, however, stood boldly up for the great and just principle of universal suffrage, and moved, as an amendment to the motion made by Mr. Cobbett, that instead of _householder suffrage_, universal suffrage should be substituted.
Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 Henry Hunt 1804
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Coincidentally, the term suffrage is synonymous with voting, and the term sufferance means to give passive consent.
Teknosis 2008
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What about the Sthenoboea of Euripides, the Revellers of Ameipsiasto which, as a matter of simple fact, what you call the suffrage of antiquity did adjudge the first prize, above Aristophanes best?
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'What about the "Sthenoboea" of Euripides, the "Revellers" of Ameipsias -- to which, as a matter of simple fact, what you call the suffrage of antiquity did adjudge the first prize, above Aristophanes' best? '
On The Art of Reading Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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As political goals go, universal suffrage is pretty concrete and non-fictional.
Matthew Yglesias » George Will’s Odd Aversion to Democracy 2009
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That universal suffrage is a lot more likely to happen with Gaza & a remnant of the West Bank being dumped at the doorsteps of Jordan & Egypt (they hold elections, you know). pseudonymous in nc Says:
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As a moral matter, however, anything other than universal suffrage is incompatible with the fundamental values underlying its creation: the just powers of government by consent.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Violent Misdemeanants, the Right to Bear Arms, and the Right to Vote 2010
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Universal suffrage is an impracticable piece of nonscense; — Republicanism will only do in new establishd countrys: not in those which have been govern'd by Kings for a thousand years. —
Letter 354 2009
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Like universal free public education, universal suffrage is a truly revolutionary concept.
Yesterday I Voted kateelliott 2008
caughtfish commented on the word suffrage
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December 18, 2006