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 (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

suffragette (plural suffragettes)

  1. (historical) A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.
    Hypernym: suffragist
    Coordinate term: suffragent
    • 2018 February 2, “Smashed windows, broken rules: the dark suffragette sites of London”, in The Guardian‎[2], retrieved 11 July 2021:
      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.

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References

  1. ^ “‘Suffragette’ Has a History of Its Own”, in The New York Times‎[1], 22 February 1995, →ISSN

Further reading

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sy.fʁa.ʒɛt/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

suffragette f (plural suffragettes)

  1. suffragette

Further reading

Italian

Noun

suffragette f

  1. plural of suffragetta
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