suffrage English · revision 1036

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈsʌfɹɪd͡ʒ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|suffrage]], [[bor|fro|suffrage]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|la-med|suffrāgium]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) from [[la|suffrāgium|t=support; vote; right of voting]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) from ''suffrāgārī'' “to express support, to vote for”.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) The Latin word is of uncertain origin;^(Etymonline) it may be from ''sub-'' and ''fragor'' “crash, din, shouts of approval”, related to ''frangere'' “to break”.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Prayers, especially intercessory prayers on behalf of another (before 1200 in Barnhart; c. 1380 in the OED).^(Barnhart 1995)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The Latin sense of a vote given in favour of a proposal or candidate entered English in 1534.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995) The meaning “the right to vote” is first found in the United States Constitution of 1787,^(Barnhart 1995) and ''universal suffrage'' dates from 1798.^(Barnhart 1995) The campaign for women's votes produced ''suffragette'' (1906),^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) which Weekley suggests was formed on the model of French ''midinette''.^(Etymonline) The religious sense survives in the short petitions of liturgy.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1200 – intercessory prayers (Barnhart).^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * c. 1380 – prayers, intercessions.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1534 – a vote.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1787 – the right to vote.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1798 – ''universal suffrage''.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1906 – ''suffragette''.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The right or privilege of voting; the [[franchise]]; also, the exercise of this right.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A vote cast in deciding a question or electing a person to office.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(ecclesiastical)'' A short [[intercession|alt=intercessory]] prayer.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[universal suffrage]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[suffragist]]

+ * [[suffragette]]

+ * [[suffragan]]

+ * [[franchise]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}