suffragist

Definition

A person who promotes suffrage.

Etymology

From suffrage + -ist (“person, agent”).

Example Sentences

• "Other suffragists (like Susan B. Anthony and Alva Vanderbilt Belmont) and “suffragents” helped make the referendum a reality here. Ms. [Elaine] Weiss called New York “the linchpin” that put our country on the path to pass the 19th Amendment in 1920, granting women across the United States the right to vote."

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