单词 | suffragetting |
释义 | suffragettingadj.n. Chiefly British. Now historical and rare. A. adj. That advocates or campaigns for women's right to vote in political elections, esp. through direct action or civil disobedience; that is a suffragette. Cf. suffragette n. 1. ΚΠ 1906 Otago Witness (Dunedin, N.Z.) 26 Sept. 78/2 ‘Well, Mary,’ said the husband to his ‘suffragetting’ wife, ‘what have you been doing to-day?’ 1912 Francesville (Indiana) Tribune 4 Apr. [The] suffragetting lecturess is on the wrong tack..when she advises her unsuffragized sisters over here to demand the ballot, and to adopt rough measures if they don't get it. 2013 M. A. Campbell Gender Fantasy in U.S. Antifeminist Disc., 1890–1930 (Ph.D. diss., Northern Illinois Univ.) iii. 120 Neither a suffragette nor an expert suffragetting Priscilla was a part of Life's never-ending antisuffrage parade. B. n. The action of advocating or campaigning for women's right to vote in political elections, esp. through direct action or civil disobedience. Cf. suffragette n. 1. ΚΠ 1906 Falkirk Herald 19 Dec. 4/4 There has been brought about in our local Parliament a condition of affairs which may take many years of strenuous ‘suffragetting’ to bring about at St. Stephen's. 1910 San Antonio (Texas) Light 18 Dec. Suffragetting in England is no child's play. Demonstrations and parades occur almost daily, and women prominent in the movement serve as real generals, or generalesses. 1929 E. Raymond Family that Was iii. vi. 265 Elsa and Theresa are both older than you and Peggy, and has a single follower come dangling round them? Devil a one. Nor will one. In three years' time they'll have turned to Good Works or Suffragetting. 2010 @Mynnad_ 6 May in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Voting was a bit of an anti climax, I'm really sorry to say that with all the hunger striking and suffragetting that allowed me to do it! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1906 |
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