suffrage
a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment (Freq. 1) - American women got the vote in 1920 • Syn: right to vote, vote • Derivationally related forms: suffragist, suffragette, vote (for: vote) • Topics: law, jurisprudence • Hypernyms: franchise, enfranchisement • Hyponyms: universal suffrage
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