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suffragette
/ˌsʌf.ɹəˈd͡ʒɛt/
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What does suffragette mean?
noun
- (historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.
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The working objection to the Suffragette philosophy is simply that overmastering millions of women do not agree with it.
“Why? They know she’s a suffragette, and so on. And what if they do talk!”
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Then we found ourselves much in the position of the suffragette trying to get to the Parliament buildings through a triple cordon of London police.
I have spoken with some disdain of the suffragette.
The younger child came home after this tragic experience, weeping bitterly and declaring that she did not wish to be a suffragette any more--an exhibition of apostasy for which her wise sister of eight took her roundly to task.