Definition of "suffragettes" []

• Plural form of suffragette. (noun)

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• "Women seeking the right to vote, known as the suffragettes, experienced a similar fate."
• "It was a one hundred year long effort to gain the vote for women; the effort was led by community organizers called suffragettes, a term taken from England where women won the vote a full decade earlier than did American women, also courtesy of community organizers."
• "LAMB: You quote Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Edith Wilson, as calling the suffragettes detestable and despicable."