Definition of "suffragette" []

• An advocate of women's suffrage, especially in the United Kingdom. (noun)

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• "Today, the term suffragette is often considered demeaning."
• "When the years brought those violent scenes and emotions of what has been called the suffragette campaign, Rosalie, who might have been expected to be a militant of the militants, took no part nor even interest in it whatever."
• "This then is the end of the argument in favour of the suffragette, which is developed out of her own psychology."