Found 3 items, similar to Suffrage.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: suffrage hak pilih
English → English (WordNet) Definition: suffrage suffrage n : 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” [syn: right to vote , vote]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Suffrage Suffrage \Suf"frage\, n. [F., fr. L. suffragium; perhaps originally, a broken piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and fr. sub under + the root of frangere to break. See Break.] 1. A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote. [1913 Webster] I ask your voices and your suffrages. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. [1913 Webster] Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster] Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine. --South. [1913 Webster] 3. (Eccl.) (a) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. (b) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed. --Shipley. [1913 Webster] I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful. --Creed of Pope Pius IV. [1913 Webster] 4. Aid; assistance. [A Latinism] [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 5. The right to vote; franchise. [PJC] Suffrage \Suf"frage\, v. t. To vote for; to elect. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]