1. the right to vote in political elections: "universal adult suffrage"
▪ a vote given in assent to a proposal or in favor of the election of a particular person: archaic"the suffrages of the community"
▪ a series of intercessory prayers or petitions.archaic
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘intercessory prayers’, also ‘assistance’): from Latin suffragium, reinforced by French suffrage. The modern sense of ‘right to vote’ was originally US (dating from the late 18th century).
