| 单词 | woman's suffrager |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswoman's suffrager 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. < as lemmas |
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