How do you use Suffragette in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like suffragist or feminist, plus the exact meaning.
Suffragette meaning
A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.
Synonyms of Suffragette
Using Suffragette
- The main meaning on this page is: A female supporter, often militant, of women's right to vote in the early 20th century, especially in Great Britain.
- Useful related words include: suffragist, feminist, women's rightist, women's liberationist.
- In the example corpus, suffragette often appears in combinations such as: the suffragette, suffragette city, to suffragette.
Context around Suffragette
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Suffragette
- In this selection, "suffragette" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, classic, early, modern, city, activities and movement stand out and add context to how "suffragette" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1914 all suffragette activities came and accusing a suffragette of failing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "suffragette" sits close to words such as aaj, aal and aalto, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with suffragette
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ivanka, the ultimate suffragette. (4 words)
That view harmonizes well with Rankin’s suffragette activities. (9 words)
Suffragette City Immersive experience at London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus. (9 words)
In the programme she also discovers more about the life of her suffragette great great grandmother and her links to the female suffrage movement’s leader Emmeline Pankhurst which she told The Andrew Marr show on Sunday had changed her world view. (42 words)
The two groups came together, a board of directors was formed, and Forester’s Hall in Nicoll Street, once home to rowdy suffragette meetings, was opened with a production of James Elroy Fleckers Hassan. (34 words)
I am the great-granddaughter of an Oldham suffragette called Harriet and I think she’d be proud to know I am now the chief executive of a local council in London. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Firstly there was a cover of David Bowie 's 1972 glam-rock classic "Suffragette City", slightly renamed to "SuffRAGEtte City" to fit in with the "Rage Hard" promotion.
Born in Streatham, south London, an early suffragette and fast learner in a Westminster studio, Yevonde Middleton was a tireless original.
However, when war broke out in 1914, all suffragette activities came to an end and the women (patriotically) turned to any sort of work that would help the country.
Marina Gardiner Legge, headteacher of Oxford High School, will say the power of “the modern suffragette” is needed to challenge the status quo.
She’s also at work on another feminist farce titled “The Suffragette’s Murder” as well as the romantic comedy “Houston,” which will feature music by Grammy winner Edie Brickell.
Rumours had abounded that she would carry on the mantle of Hillary Clinton by wearing “suffragette white” to signal the historic nature of her candidacy.
She would go on to join the Women’s Freedom League, which encouraged resisting taxation and boycotting the national census, and the Suffragette Fellowship, which celebrated the accomplishments of suffragettes.
That view harmonizes well with Rankin’s suffragette activities.
The two groups came together, a board of directors was formed, and Forester’s Hall in Nicoll Street, once home to rowdy suffragette meetings, was opened with a production of James Elroy Fleckers Hassan.
Ivanka, the ultimate suffragette.
The business has also cleaned Emmeline Pankhurst's original Suffragette flag and looked after the garments of actress Brigitte Bardot, singer George Michael and racer Lewis Hamilton.
An everyday sexism row has broken out over an “inappropriate” and “disrespectful” Tube sign accusing a suffragette of failing to make her husband's evening meal.
Emmeline Pankhurst, her daughter Sylvia and other leading lights of the suffragette movement beat a regular path to their constituencies to persuade others of their cause.
Fawcett considered herself a suffragist, a moderate opposed to the sometimes violent protests of campaigners like Pankhurst, known as a suffragette.
I am the great-granddaughter of an Oldham suffragette called Harriet and I think she’d be proud to know I am now the chief executive of a local council in London.
In the programme she also discovers more about the life of her suffragette great great grandmother and her links to the female suffrage movement’s leader Emmeline Pankhurst which she told The Andrew Marr show on Sunday had changed her world view.
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Lucy Delap, historian at Cambridge University, about the 100th anniversary of the suffragette movement in Britain.
Suffragette City Immersive experience at London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus.
Suffragette Rebecca Eastman wrote articles, fiction, and drama for a host of publications at the turn of the century.
The suffragette leader to whom she looked up was murdered, probably by her (the young woman’s) family.
Common combinations with suffragette
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: