Definition of SUFFRAGETTE

suffragette

Meanings

Plural: suffragettes

Noun

  • a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)
  • A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.

Origin / Etymology

From suffrage + -ette, first used as a derisive label by the Daily Mail in 1906, but eventually adopted by the WSPU itself.

Scrabble Score: 18

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Words With Friends Score: 20

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