Suffragist
(noun)
- A person who advocates for the right to vote, especially for women.
- A person who works for the extension of the right to vote to a particular group.
Origin:
From the noun suffrage, from the latin suffragium meaning vote, from suffragari meaning to vote for, from sub- ("under") + fragor ("crash, sound"), from fragor meaning "a crash, a sound", + -ist ("one who doe.s")
Examples:
- She was a suffragist who fought for women's right to vote.
- The suffragist movement was a political movement that fought for women's right to vote.
- He was a suffragist fighting for the right to vote for Afro-American men.
- The suffragist movement was a political movement that sought to extend the right to vote to all citizens.
- The suffragist movement was a political movement that sought to secure the right to vote for women.