suffragette
English
Etymology
From suffrage + -ette, first used as a derisive label by the Daily Mail in 1906, but eventually adopted by the WSPU itself.[1]
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌsʌf.ɹəˈd͡ʒɛt/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛt
Noun
suffragette (plural suffragettes)
- (historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.
- Synonym: (general term) suffragist
- 2018 February 2, “Smashed windows, broken rules: the dark suffragette sites of London”, in The Guardian, retrieved 2021-07-11:
- 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.
Derived terms
- suffragettism
Translations
female supporter of women's right to vote
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References
- “‘Suffragette’ Has a History of Its Own”, in The New York Times, 1995-02-22, ISSN 0362-4331
Further reading
suffragette on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.fʁa.ʒɛt/
Noun
suffragette f (plural suffragettes)
- suffragette
Further reading
- “suffragette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
suffragette f
- plural of suffragetta