How do you use the word "suffrage" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "suffrage" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "suffrage": The women led the movement to obtain female suffrage. Universal suffrage was a major achievement.

Suffrage Meaning

/ˈsʌfɹɪd͡ʒ/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election.

nounThe right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision, especially in a democratic election., The right of women to vote.

Sentence Examples

The women led the movement to obtain female suffrage.

Universal suffrage was a major achievement.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

vote

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

The movement for women's ____ finally succeeded in getting them the right to vote.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

The movement for women's ____ was a long and difficult struggle for the right to vote in local elections.

Word Origin & History

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 From Middle English suffrage (“prayers or pleas on behalf of another”), from Middle French suffrage (from Old French suffrage) and its etymon Classical Latin suffrāgium (“support, vote, right of voting”). The sense of "vote" or "right to vote" was directly derived from Classical Latin.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The issues to be presented to the people of the state were black suffrage and woman suffrage. The Equal Rights Association committed all its limited resources to the Kansas campaign." — 1999, Ellen Carol DuBois, Feminism and Suffrage: The Emergence of an Independent Women's Movement in America, 1848-1869, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 79:

"What role did the House of Commons play in the political life of the nation in the aftermath of suffrage? There is surprisingly little historiography to help answer the question." — 2013 May 28, Julie V. Gottlieb, Richard Toye, The Aftermath of Suffrage: Women, Gender, and Politics in Britain, 1918-1945, Springer, →ISBN:

"But the President himself says that " upon him has been devolved, by the constitution, and the suffrages of the American people, the duty of superintending the operation of the executive departments of the Government," — 1833, Henry Clay, edited by Thomas Hart Benton, Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, published 1859, page 213:

"Hence, by rendering the suffrages secret in the Roman republic, all was lost; it was no longer possible to direct a populace that sought its own destruction" — 1822, Edward Wynne, William Meechan Bythewood, Eunomus: or, Dialogues concerning the law and constitution of England, volume 2, page 369:

"As these holy prayers and suffrages following are set forth of most godly zeal for edifying and stirring of devotion of all true faithful Christian hearts […]" — 1969, G. J. Cuming, A history of Anglican liturgy:

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