Suffrage
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Suffrage
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Meaning of Suffrage
A political right or privilege , conferred by the constitution and statutes, to participate by means of voting in elections in the establishment or management of government.
Suffrage Alternative Definition
Vote; the act of voting; the right to vote.
Synonyms of Suffrage
noun
affranchisement
autonomy
choice
emancipation
enfranchisement
exemption from control
exemption from restraint
franchise
freedom
freedom of choice
liberation
liberty
license
manumission
option
popular decision
prerogative
right to vote
say
selfdetermination
selfgovernment
suffragium
voice
vote Associated Concepts: election law
voters' rights
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Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Suffrage
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late 14c., "intercessory prayers or pleas on behalf of another," from Old French sofrage "plea, intercession" (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin suffragium, from Latin suffragium "support, ballot, vote; right of voting; a voting tablet," from suffragari "lend support, vote for someone," conjectured to be a compound of sub "under" (see sub-) + fragor "crash, din, shouts (as of approval)," related to frangere "to break" (see fraction). On another theory (Watkins, etc.) the second element is frangere itself and the notion is "use a broken piece of tile as a ballot" (compare ostracism). Meaning "a vote for or against anything" is from 1530s. The meaning "political right to vote" in English is first found in the U.S. Constitution, 1787.
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