English-Thai Dictionary

suffrage

N การ สวด สั้นๆ  การ อธิษฐาน  intercession prayer kan-suad-san-san

 

suffrage

N การออกเสียงเลือกตั้ง  การ ลงคะแนนเสียง  election vote kan-ook-siang-luek-tang

 

suffrage

N สิทธิ ใน การเลือกตั้ง  สิทธิ ใน การ ออกเสียง  the right to vote sid-ti-nai-kan-luek-tang

 

suffragette

N ผู้หญิง ที่ ปลุกระดม ให้ คนอื่น ไป ลงคะแนนเสียง  phu-ying-ti-pluk-ra-dom-hai-kon-uen-pai-luek-tang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUFFRAGE

n.[L. suffragium. ] 1. A vote; a voice given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust. Nothing can be more grateful to a good man than to be elevated to office by the unbiased suffrages of free enlightened citizens.
Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrages the observation made by heathen writers.
2. United voice of persons in public prayer.
3. Aid; assistance; A Latinism. [Not in use. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUFFRAGE

Suf "frage, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. suffragium; perhaps originally, a broken piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and fr. sub under + the root of frangere to break. See Break. ]

 

1. 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. I ask your voices and your suffrages. Shak.

 

2. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers. Atterbury. Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine. South.

 

3. (Eccl.) (a ) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. (b ) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed. Shipley. I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful. Creed of Pope Pius IV.

 

4. Aid; assistance. [A Latinism ] [Obs. ]

 

Defn: The right to vote; franchise.

 

SUFFRAGE

SUFFRAGE Suf "frage, v. t.

 

Defn: To vote for; to elect. [Obs. ] Milton.

 

SUFFRAGETTE

SUFFRAGETTE Suf *fra *gette, n.

 

Defn: A woman who advocates the right to vote for women; a woman suffragist.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

suffrage

suf frage |ˈsəfrij ˈsəfrɪʤ | ▶noun 1 the right to vote in political elections. • archaic a vote given in assent to a proposal or in favor of the election of a particular person. 2 (usu. suffrages ) a series of intercessory prayers or petitions. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘intercessory prayers, ’ also ‘assistance ’): from Latin suffragium, reinforced by French suffrage. The modern sense of ‘right to vote ’ was originally US (dating from the late 18th cent ).

 

suffragette

suf fra gette |ˌsəfrəˈjet ˌsəfrəˈʤɛt | ▶noun historical a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest.

 

Oxford Dictionary

suffrage

suffrage |ˈsʌfrɪdʒ | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the right to vote in political elections. • [ count noun ] archaic a vote given in assent to a proposal or in favour of the election of a particular person. 2 (usu. suffrages ) (in the Book of Common Prayer ) the intercessory petitions pronounced by a priest in the Litany. • a series of petitions pronounced by the priest with the responses of the congregation. • archaic intercessory prayers, especially those for the dead. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘intercessory prayers ’, also ‘assistance ’): from Latin suffragium, reinforced by French suffrage. The modern sense of ‘right to vote ’ was originally US (dating from the late 18th cent. ).

 

suffragette

suffragette |ˌsʌfrəˈdʒɛt | ▶noun historical a woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest. In the UK in the early 20th century the suffragettes initiated a campaign of demonstrations and militant action, under the leadership of the Pankhursts, after the repeated defeat of women's suffrage bills in Parliament. In 1918 they won the vote for women over the age of 30, and ten years later were given full equality with men in voting rights.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

suffrage

suffrage noun suffrage for women is not yet a universal condition: franchise, right to vote, the vote, enfranchisement, ballot.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

suffrage

suffrage noun the congress is elected for five years by universal adult suffrage: franchise, right to vote, voting rights, the vote, enfranchisement, ballot; voice, say, option, choice.

 

Duden Dictionary

Suffragette

Suf f ra get te , Suf fra get te Substantiv, feminin , die |Suffrag e tte |(französisch suffragette < ) englisch suffragette, zu: suffrage = (Wahl )stimme < lateinisch suffragium, Suffragan a radikale Frauenrechtlerin in Großbritannien vor 1914 b veraltend abwertend Frauenrechtlerin

 

French Dictionary

suffrage

suffrage n. m. nom masculin Avis donné par un vote. : Le suffrage universel. Note Orthographique su ff rage.

 

suffragette

suffragette n. f. nom féminin histoire Femme réclamant le droit de vote. Note Orthographique su ff ragette.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

suffrage

suf frage /sʌ́frɪdʒ /名詞 1 U ｟かたく ｠選挙権, 参政権 ▸ universal suffrage 普通選挙権 ▸ women's suffrage 婦人参政権 2 C ｟古 ｠(人 提案に対する )賛成票 .3 〘英国教 〙〖～s 〗執りなしの祈り .

 

suffragette

suf fra gette /sʌ̀frədʒét /名詞 C (20世紀初頭の女性の )婦人参政権運動家 (｟男女共用 ｠suffragist ).