| 单词 | household suffrage |
| 释义 | > as lemmashousehold suffrage household suffrage n. now chiefly historical the right of voting in parliamentary or other elections, consequent upon being a householder (see householder n. 2). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > election of representative body by vote > right to vote at elections > [noun] > one of principles on which right based > specific pot-walling1455 property qualification1794 pot-wobbling1796 household suffrage1819 fancy franchise1859 occupation franchise1862 lodger-franchise1867 1819 Times 13 July 3/5 To accept of household suffrage when universal suffrage was our right, would be compounding the basest felony that was ever attempted on a great community. 1867 J. Bright Speeches Parl. Reform 68 Household or rating suffrage has existed for centuries in our parishes. 1943 Pacific Affairs 16 282 The decision..to grant household suffrage (at the age of eighteen) in a country with no experience of modern democratic machinery [sc. Burma]. 2003 Sunday Tribune (Ireland) (Nexis) 27 Apr. 23 In 1916, these islands were, at most, only slightly democratic. Parliament was elected by male household suffrage. < as lemmas |
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