"suffragist" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more suffragist [comparative], most suffragist [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der.? Latin suffrāgō Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Classical Latin suffrāgiumbor. Old French suffrage Middle French suffragebor. ▲ Classical Latin suffrāgiumlbor. Middle English suffrage English suffrage Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English suffragist From suffrage + -ist (“person, agent”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:af<ref:<span class="cited-source">“suffragist, n. and adj.”, in <cite>OED Online ⁠</cite>, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.</span>>|suffrage|-ist<t:person, agent>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg-der.? Latin suffrāgō Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Classical Latin suffrāgiumbor. Old French suffrage Middle French suffragebor. ▲ Classical Latin suffrāgiumlbor. Middle English suffrage English suffrage Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ιστής (-istḗs)der. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English suffragist From suffrage + -ist (“person, agent”). Head templates: {{en-adj}} suffragist (comparative more suffragist, superlative most suffragist)
  1. Of, relating to, or promoting suffrage.
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Noun

Forms: suffragists [plural]
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  1. A person who promotes suffrage. Translations (person who promotes suffrage): sufražetka [feminine] (Czech), suffrageetti (Finnish), Stimmrechtler [masculine] (German), Stimmrechtlerin [feminine] (German), suffragista [feminine, masculine] (Italian), sufrażystka [feminine] (Polish), sufrażysta [masculine] (Polish), суфражи́стка (sufražístka) [feminine] (Russian), sufragista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), суфражи́стка (sufražýstka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. One who votes.
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Related terms: suffragette, suffragettism
Categories (other): Politics Disambiguation of Politics: 0 0 0

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          "text": "She [Isabella Stewart Gardner] lived during one of the most tumultuous eras in American history, an era that included the Civil War, Reconstruction, the explosion of industrial capitalism and the rise of the socialist, trade-union, Populist, suffragist and transcendentalist movements.",
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