American Dictionary
Definition suffragette in American English
suffragette noun
[countable] noun
/ˌsʌfrəˈdʒet/
The term "suffragette" was coined by a journalist on the London Daily Mail, Charles E. Hands. He intended it to be derogatory, but the movement adopted it and made it their own.
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in the U.S. and the U.K., a woman who took part in public protests about giving women the right to vote in the early 1900s. Suffragettes were prepared to break the law in order to support their demands, but suffragists used only lawful methods.
Example
Harriet Tubman became a leader of the suffragette movement with connections to many of the nation's great political figures.
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