Suffrage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
  • n. The exercise of such a right.
  • n. A vote cast in deciding a disputed question or in electing a person to office.
  • n. A short intercessory prayer.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision.
  • n. A vote in deciding a particular question.
  • n. The right to vote for elected officials in a representative democracy.
  • n. The right of women to vote.
  • n. A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
  • n. A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
  • n. Aid, intercession.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.
  • n. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
  • n.
  • n. A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
  • n. A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed.
  • n. Aid; assistance.
  • n. The right to vote; franchise.
  • v. To vote for; to elect.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A vote or voice given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a person to occupy an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion on some doubtful question; consent; assent; approval.
  • n. The political right or act of voting; the exercise of the voting power in political affairs; especially, the right, under a representative government, of participating, directly or indirectly, in the choice of public officers and in the adoption or rejection of fundamental laws: usually with the definite article.
  • n. Testimony; attestation; witness.
  • n. Eccles., an intercessory prayer or petition.
  • n. In liturgics: Short petitions, especially those in the litany, the lesser litany or preces at morning and evening prayer, etc.
  • n. The prayers of the people in response to and as distinguished from the versicles or prayers said in litanies by the clergyman.
  • n. Aid; assistance; relief.
  • To vote for; elect.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment
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