female suffrage

[ fee-meyl suhf-rij ]

noun

1. woman suffrage.

female suffrage

noun

1. See women's suffrage
   another name for women's suffrage

Word History and Origins

Origin of female suffrage¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

On April 11, 1867, the subject of female suffrage was first discussed in the House of Commons without being greeted with a laugh.

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Another, "The Rival Candidates," was to present the humors of female suffrage.

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If the girls beat, the whole country would know it, and after that female suffrage would be only a question of time.

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That thin voice, in patient soliloquy, was discussing Female Suffrage, going very far down into the roots of the matter.

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As to Mattie's second, I am for female suffrage, here and everywhere upon earth.

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