"suffragette" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌsʌf.ɹəˈd͡ʒɛt/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-suffragette.wav [Southern-England] Forms: suffragettes [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From suffrage + -ette, first used as a derisive label by the Daily Mail in 1906, but eventually adopted by the WSPU itself. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|suffrage|ette|id2=female}} suffrage + -ette Head templates: {{en-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. Wikipedia link: Daily Mail Tags: historical Categories (topical): Female people, Feminism, Politics Synonyms: suffragist (english: general term) Derived forms: suffragettism Translations (female supporter of women's right to vote): sufražetka [feminine] (Czech), suffragette [common-gender] (Danish), naisasianainen (Finnish), suffragetti (Finnish), suffragette [feminine] (French), სუფრაჟისტი (supražisṭi) (Georgian), სუფრაჟისტი ქალი (supražisṭi kali) (Georgian), Suffragette [feminine] (German), szüfrazsett (Hungarian), suffragetta [feminine] (Italian), суфраже́тка (sufražétka) [feminine] (Macedonian), suffragette [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), suffragette [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sufrażystka [feminine] (Polish), sufragista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), суфражи́стка (sufražístka) [feminine] (Russian), суфраже́тка (sufražétka) [feminine] (Russian), sufragista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), rösträttskvinna [common-gender] (Swedish), suffragett [common-gender] (Swedish), süfrajet (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-suffragette-en-noun-TekjIWgN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ette (female)

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