单词 | suffrager |
释义 | suffragern.ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] > voter suffragator1606 suffragant1613 suffrager1614 voicer1618 voter1647 1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia iii. i. i. 98 Little coffers, into which the suffragers which did approue the law did cast in the first table; those that disliked it, did cast in the second. 1701 Enq. Inconveniences Public & Advantages Private Elections 22 An Election..is a Majority of Votes including the Sense of a Majority of Suffragers. 1892 C. M. Andrews Old Eng. Manor i. 87 It is not difficult to picture the Anglo-Saxon freeman as a free citizen and suffrager with well developed ideas of prerogative and property. 1912 Sedalia (Missouri) Democrat 21 Nov. 1/7 By a safe majority the suffragers gave the power of the ballot over into the hands of the suffragettes. 2. A person who advocates or campaigns for the right to vote in political elections to be extended to a particular group; esp. (from the late 19th cent.) women. Frequently with modifying word, as female suffrager, woman's suffrager, etc. Now historical. ΚΠ 1835 N.-Y. Spectator 23 Mar. 1/6 It is not the universal suffragers who sustain the literature of the country. 1878 Bristol Mercury 16 July 2/1 Mr. Standsfeld..could not refuse the temptation of again avowing himself a ‘woman's suffrager’, and making an eloquent appeal that those who are to be the mothers of succeeding generations should receive the same consideration as boys. 1920 D. Stevens Jailed for Freedom xi. 197 We heard one of the men yell, ‘The —— suffrager!’ 1997 ‘A. Seymour’ Lucky Bride xiv. 238 Don't you turn all preachy now like your sister. She'll have you sounding like one of those—what do you call them—female suffragers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1614 |
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