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Noun: suffragette  ,sú-fru'jet
  1. A woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)

Derived forms: suffragettes

Type of: feminist, libber [informal], liberationist, suffragist, women's liberationist, women's rightist

Encyclopedia: Suffragette