| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| suffrage |
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| SYLLABICATION: | suf·frage |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s f r j |
| NOUN: | 1a. The right or privilege of voting; franchise. b. The exercise of such a right. 2. A vote cast in deciding a disputed question or in electing a person to office. 3. A short intercessory prayer. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, intercessory prayer, from Old French, from Medieval Latin suffr gium, from Latin, the right to vote, from suffrgr , to express support. See bhreg- in Appendix I.
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