Bible Dictionaries
Suffrage

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Aid; assistance.

(2):

(n.) The right to vote; franchise.

(3):

(v. t.) To vote for; to elect.

(4):

(n.) A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal expression of an opinion; assent; vote.

(5):

(n.) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.

(6):

(n.) Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.

(7):

(n.) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Suffrage'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/suffrage.html. 1828.