Definition of suffrage

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suf·frage    (sfrj) KEY 

NOUN:

1. 1. The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
   2. The exercise of such a right.
2. A vote cast in deciding a disputed question or in electing a person to office.
3. A short intercessory prayer.

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, intercessory prayer, from Old French, from Medieval Latin suffrgium, from Latin, the right to vote, from suffrgr, to express support; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots