suffrage
English
/ˈsʌfɹɪdʒ/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision.
- The right to vote for elected officials in a representative democracy.
- (countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
- (countable) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
- (countable) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
- (uncountable) Aid, intercession.
- Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English suffrage (prayers pleas on behalf of another) derived from Latin suffragium (right of voting, vote, support), suffragium (right of voting, vote, support).
Origin
Latin
suffragium
Gloss
right of voting, vote, support
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- anti-suffragism English
- antisuffrage English
- antisuffragette English
- antisuffragism English
- antisuffragist English
- suffraged English
- suffrager English
- suffragette English
- suffragetting English
- suffragettism English
- suffragism English
- suffragist English
- suffragium Latin
- suffrāgō Latin
- suffrage French
- sufragismo Spanish, Castilian
- sufragista Spanish, Castilian
- suffrage Middle English