Definition of Suffragist

a person who supports and promotes voting rights of women

Examples of Suffragist in a sentence

Demanding the right to vote, the suffragist staged a protest in front of the building where voting often took place.  🔊

The only way that the women won the right to vote in the United States in 1920 was by each suffragist sacrificing her freedom and fighting for it.  🔊

In Great Britain, the suffragist might resort to bombing mailboxes, being imprisoned and going on an eating strike so women could participate in electing officials.  🔊

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