Suffrage

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Aid; assistance.

II. Suffrage ·noun The right to vote; franchise.

III. Suffrage ·noun Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.

IV. Suffrage ·vt To vote for; to Elect.

V. Suffrage ·noun A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed.

VI. Suffrage ·noun A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.

VII. Suffrage ·noun 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.