Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: suffrage
IPA transcription: [s'ʌfɹɪdʒ]
Pronunciations of suffrage
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: right_to_vote, vote, suffrage
    Meaning: a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "American women got the vote in 1920"
Usage examples
  • The Suffrage Committee in the House was appointed.
  • At least a third of each speech was devoted to suffrage.
  • The new Woman's Party had declared suffrage a national political issue.
  • As much literature was used on suffrage as on peace in the suffrage states.
  • Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw, Vice Chairman of the New York Suffrage Party, said:
  • The Democratic Party made its suffrage plank specific against action by Congress.
  • The subject of the creation of a committee on suffrage was almost entirely forgotten.
  • To the Press, for the fair field its honest suffrage has opened to an obscure aspirant.
  • Some indirectly and many, inadvertently, however, paid eloquent tribute to the suffrage picket.
  • Protected by the President's plank, the Democratic Congress continued to block national suffrage.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George Lansbury, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Jane Cobden, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Universal suffrage, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Eureka Rebellion, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of New Jersey, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording McGillicuddy Serious Party, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Peterloo Massacre, License CC BY-SA 4.0