suffragette

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English

Statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, suffragette, Victoria Tower Gardens, Westminster

Etymology

From suffrage +‎ -ette, first used as a derisive label by the Daily Mail in 1906, but eventually adopted by the WSPU itself.

Pronunciation

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.
    Synonym: (general term) suffragist
    • 2018 February 2, “Smashed windows, broken rules: the dark suffragette sites of London”, in The Guardian‎, retrieved 2021-07-11:
      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, 22 February 1995, →ISSN

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French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

suffragette f (plural suffragettes)

  1. suffragette

Further reading

Italian

Noun

suffragette f

  1. plural of suffragetta
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