Definition of "suffragist" [suf•fra•gist]

• An advocate of the extension of political voting rights, especially to women. (noun)

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• "By the end of World War I, a handful of elite Anglo-Jewish women had gradually broken down barriers of religion, class, and culture to achieve leadership positions in English suffragist organizations and to simultaneously create the Jewish League for Woman Suffrage."
• "The suffragist is a true product of our era of liberty."
• "The suffragist was the landed proprietor, and in every county where his possessions were this right attached."