A legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; SYN. vote, suffrage.

ETYM French, from Latin suffragium; perhaps originally, a broken piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and from sub under + the root of frangere to break. Related to Break.
1. A vote given in an election.
2. The exercise of the right to vote.
3. A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed.
Vote; right to vote; supplication. + prikaži više