Noun: suffragette ,sú-fru'jet
- A woman advocate of women's right to vote, especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century
"The suffragette chained herself to the railings in protest"
Derived forms: suffragettes
Type of: feminist, libber [informal], liberationist, suffragist, women's liberationist, women's rightist
Encyclopedia: Suffragette