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Noun: suffrage  sú-frij
  1. A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
    "American women got the suffrage in 1920"
    - right to vote, vote

Derived forms: suffrages

See also: suffragette, suffragist

Type of: enfranchisement, franchise

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