Look up: suffrage

1. Suffrage
   Suf'frage noun [ French, from Latin suffragium ; perhaps originally, a broken piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and from sub under + the root of frangere to break. See Break .] 1. A vote given in deciding a controver...
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2. Suffrage
   Suf'frage transitive verb To vote for; to elect. [ Obsolete] Milton.
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3. suffrage
   1. A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote. 'I ask your voices and your suffrages.' (Shak) ... 2. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. 'Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffr...
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4. Suffrage
   • (n.) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. • (v. t.) To vote for; to elect. • (n.) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed. • (n.) Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. • (n.) Aid; assistance. • (n.) A vote given...
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5. suffrage
   in representative government, the right to vote in electing public officials and adopting or rejecting proposed legislation.[41 related articles]
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6. suffrage
   suffrage: see ballot; election; franchise; voting; woman suffrage.
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7. Suffrage
   Suffrage is the right to express an opinion by voting on political questions, applied in particular to the right to vote at parliamentary elections.
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8. suffrage
   The right to vote in political elections.
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9. Suffrage
   , 1850 `Suffrage`, `political franchise`, or simply `the franchise` is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. In English, suffrage and its synonyms are sometimes also used to mean the right to run for office (to be a candidate), but there are no established qualifying terms t...
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