suffragette en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌsʌf.ɹəˈd͡ʒɛt/ (UK, US)
Etymology
From suffrage + -ette, first used as a derisive label by the Daily Mail in 1906, but eventually adopted by the WSPU itself.
Meanings
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(historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.
Perhaps no single location resonates for women’s rights campaigners today as much as Holloway, the first female-only prison, where militant suffragettes were incarcerated, went on hunger strike and were savagely force-fed.
2018 February 2, “Smashed windows, broken rules: the dark suffragette sites of London”, in The Guardian, retrieved 11 Jul 2021:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| suffragettes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
suffragetting · suffrajitsu · antisuffragette · suffragettism · suffragetic
Hypernyms
Translations (22)
ru суфражи́стка (female supporter of women's right to vote) · ka სუფრაჟისტი ქალი (female supporter of women's right to vote) · ka სუფრაჟისტი (female supporter of women's right to vote) · es sufragista (female supporter of women's right to vote) · mk суфраже́тка (female supporter of women's right to vote) · ru суфраже́тка (female supporter of women's right to vote) · de Suffragette (female supporter of women's right to vote) · pl sufrażystka (female supporter of women's right to vote) · da suffragette (female supporter of women's right to vote) · fr suffragette (female supporter of women's right to vote) · hu szüfrazsett (female supporter of women's right to vote) · fi suffragetti (female supporter of women's right to vote) · tr süfrajet (female supporter of women's right to vote) · sv suffragett (female supporter of women's right to vote) · nb suffragette (female supporter of women's right to vote) · pt sufragista (female supporter of women's right to vote) · fi naisasianainen (female supporter of women's right to vote) · sv rösträttskvinna (female supporter of women's right to vote) · it suffragetta (female supporter of women's right to vote) · uk суфражи́стка (female supporter of women's right to vote) · cs sufražetka (female supporter of women's right to vote) · nn suffragette (female supporter of women's right to vote)