suffragiten.
/ˈsʌfrᵻdʒʌɪt/, U.S. /ˈsəfrəˌdʒaɪt/ Now rare (only in historical contexts).
A person who advocates or campaigns for extension of the right to vote in political elections to a particular group, esp. (from the late 19th cent.) women. Frequently with modifying word, as female suffragite, universal suffragite, etc.In the 20th cent., once suffragette and suffragist were fully established as the preferred terms, suffragite was mainly used in representations of colloquial speech or writing to indicate a lack of education or sophistication on the part of the speaker.
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1839 Bell's New Weekly Messenger 13 Jan. 4/3 He is the idol of the working classes, and a leader of the Universal Suffrageites. The condition of the lower classes of our countrymen must be deplorable, or they would not gather round a Tory.
1865 Cadiz (Ohio) Sentinel 13 Sept. 1/3 The soldiers of Iowa are determined to teach the Negro Suffrageites a lesson, and they, therefore, laid down an anti-Negro Suffrage platform.
1867 Freedom's Champion (Atchison City, Kansas) 26 Sept. 1/4 The meeting then adjourned. It was a death blow to the dangerous and wicked doctrine of the female suffrageites.
1933 A. Marshall William Speaking ii. viii. 138 Them suffragites what we used to have such trouble with has got it so that women are equal to men in most things now.
1991 J. Vernon Peter Doyle iv. i. 147 He prints all the news of the suffragites lest Josie throttle him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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