suffragette

Definition of Suffragette in English :

1. suffragette

a woman advocate of women's right to vote (especially a militant advocate in the United Kingdom at the beginning of the 20th century)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Suffragette

noun

a female advocate of the extension of the franchise to women, esp a militant one, as in Britain at the beginning of the 20th century

noun

a woman who militantly advocates the right of women to vote

this term is objected to by some, who prefer suffragist

n.

An advocate of women's suffrage, especially in the United Kingdom.