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suffragist (n.)

1822, "advocate of extension of the political franchise in Britain," without regard to gender, or, in the U.S., of voting rights for free blacks; from suffrage + -ist. After c. 1885 especially with reference to voting rights for women.

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Definitions of suffragist from WordNet

suffragist (n.)
an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women);
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