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suffrage — Suffrage … Thresor de la langue françoyse
suffrage — [ syfraʒ ] n. m. • 1355; suffrages d oraison « prières » 1289; lat. suffragium « tesson avec lequel on votait », de frangere « briser » 1 ♦ Acte par lequel on déclare sa volonté, son opinion (favorable), dans un choix, une délibération, une… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Suffrage — (from the Latin suffragium , meaning voting tablet , and figuratively right to vote ; probably from suffrago hough , and originally a term for the pastern bone used to cast votes) is the civil right to vote, or the exercise of that right. In that … Wikipedia
suffrage — suf·frage / sə frij/ n [Latin suffragium vote, political support, from suffragari to support with one s vote] 1: a vote in deciding a controverted question or the choice of a person for an office or trust no State...shall be deprived of its equal … Law dictionary
suffrage — n Suffrage, franchise, vote, ballot mean the right, privilege, or power of expressing one s choice or wish (as in an election or in the determination of policy). Suffrage is the usual term when the emphasis is upon the extent to which this… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suffrage — Suffrage. s. m. Declaration qu on fait de son sentiment, de sa volonté, & qu on donne, soit de vive voix, soit par escrit ou autrement, dans l occasion d une eslection, d une deliberation. Je luy ay donné mon suffrage. il a eu tous les suffrages … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
suffrage — [suf′rij] n. [ME < MFr < ML(Ec) < L suffragium, decision, vote, suffrage < sub (see SUB ) + fragor, loud applause, orig., din, a crashing < IE base * bhreĝ , to crash, BREAK] 1. a prayer or act of intercession or supplication 2. a… … English World dictionary
Suffrage — Suf frage, v. t. To vote for; to elect. [Obs.] Milton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suffrage — ► NOUN ▪ the right to vote in political elections. ORIGIN originally in the sense «intercessory prayers», also «assistance»: from Latin suffragium … English terms dictionary
