suffragette
-
a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)type of:feminista supporter of feminism
- MLA
- APA
- Chicago
Vocabulary lists containing suffragette
A borrowing from Middle French, -ette is a diminutive suffix. There are two widely used senses of this suffix: the first denotes the smallness of an object and the second refers to a woman carrying out the role of the root word.
In this novel, the members of Mrs. Olinski's champion Academic Bowl team reveal the secrets behind their unexpected success.
In this illustrated version of Laurie Halse Anderson's acclaimed novel, a teenage girl suffers trauma and attempts to reclaim her voice. Here is a link to our lists for the original novel: Speak Here are links to our lists for other books by Laurie Halse Anderson: Chains, Fever 1793, Shout