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Definition suffragette in British 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 UK and US, 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

Hetty was a suffragette who fought for the right to vote.

Example

Emmeline Pankhurst led the militant suffragette movement from 1903 to 1918.

Definition suffragette in British English