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Meaning of SUFFRAGIST

Pronunciation:  'sufrujist

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)
 

SUFFRAGIST is a 10 letter word that starts with S.

 

 See Also: advocate, advocator, Anna Howard Shaw, Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Esther Hobart McQuigg Slack Morris, Esther Morris, exponent, Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard, Howe, Jeannette Rankin, Julia Evelina Smith, Julia Ward Howe, Livermore, Lucretia Coffin Mott, Lucy Stone, Mary Ashton Rice Livermore, Morris, Mott, proponent, Rankin, Shaw, Smith, Stanton, Stone, suffragette, Susan Anthony, Susan B. Anthony, Susan Brownell Anthony, Victoria Clafin Woodhull, Willard, Woodhull

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Suf"fra*gist\, n.
1. One who possesses or exercises the political right of
   suffrage; a voter.

2. One who has certain opinions or desires about the
   political right of suffrage; as, a woman suffragist.



   It is curious that . . . Louisa Castelefort should be
   obliged after her marriage immediately to open her doors
   and turn ultra liberal, or an universal suffragist. --Miss
                                               Edgeworth.

 

 

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