suffragist

Noun

Meaning

One who possesses or exercises the political right of suffrage; a voter.

One who has certain opinions or desires about the political right of suffrage; as, a woman suffragist.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

elector vote citizen resident constituent suffrage feminist voter taxpayer balloter poller consenter suffragette voicer Ida M. Tarbell
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Antonyms

misogynistic person with sexist attitudes anti-femme maintaining male domination maintaining male power not a feminist
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Hypernyms

exponent advocate proponent

Examples

The whole argument with the anti-suffragists, or even the critical suffragist man, is this: that you can govern human beings without their consent. Emmeline Pankhurst

I suppose I had always been an unconscious suffragist. With my temperament and my surroundings, I could scarcely have been otherwise. Emmeline Pankhurst

In 1906 Daily Mail journalist Charles Hands referred to militant women using the diminutive term " suffragette " (rather than the standard " suffragist "). Source: Internet

He was particularly fascinated by the British suffragist Emmeline Pankhurst who, in 1911, was scheduled to speak at Harvard, but was later barred from speaking on campus. Source: Internet

From the mid-1890s she frequented suffragist circles, becoming office-bearer in the Bendigo Women's Franchise League while running University College, Bendigo from 1898 - 1903. Source: Internet

In regards to her campaign for women’s suffrage, Fawcett once said: “I cannot say I became a suffragist. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

suffragettism suffraginous suffragism suffrago Suffrajitsu suffrance