English noun: suffrage | |||
| 1. | suffrage (attribute) a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment | ||
| Samples | American women got the vote in 1920. | ||
| Synonyms | right to vote, vote | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | enfranchisement, franchise | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | universal suffrage | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||