right to vote
a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment (Freq. 2) - American women got the vote in 1920 • Syn: vote, suffrage • Derivationally related forms: suffragist (for: suffrage), suffragette (for: suffrage), vote (for: vote) • Topics: law, jurisprudence • Hypernyms: franchise, enfranchisement • Hyponyms: universal suffrage
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