suffragist

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suffragist — noun

  • suffragistsingular
  • suffragistsplural

1. a person who actively campaigned for voting access for a group that did not have

1.名詞B2
釋義

a person who actively campaigned for voting access for a group that did not have it, especially women in the late 1800s and early 1900s

例句

The suffragist Alice Paul organized a large protest in front of the White House in 1917.

suffragist + [name] organized protest — historical figure pattern

Local suffragists met every Tuesday evening to plan the next public march.

同義詞
  • suffragette

    more specific — refers to a militant activist in the early 20th-century British movement; 'suffragist' is broader and less confrontational

  • voting rights activist

    modern term covering broader contexts and time periods

反義詞

用法筆記

Most commonly used for people involved in the women's suffrage movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In modern contexts, 'voting rights advocate' is more common.

常見錯誤

❌A suffragette is someone who supports women's voting rights.
✅A suffragist is someone who supports voting rights, while a suffragette specifically refers to a militant member of the British women's suffrage movement in the early 1900s.
💡'Suffragette' implies more confrontational tactics than 'suffragist'.