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1. i. oy hakkı. oy. oy. i. oy hakkı. oy, oy hakkı, seçme hakkı.
2. oy kullanma; oy kullanma hakkı; tasvip tasdik onay, oy.
3. oy. onama. onay.
4. oy kullanma hakkı. oy kullanma. tasdik. onay. veto etmek hakkı.
5. oy.

Etymology : in sense 1, from Middle English, from Middle French, from Medieval Latin suffragium, from Latin, vote, political support, from suffragari to support with one's vote; in other senses, from Latin suffragium
Pronunciation : 's&-frij, sometimes Function : noun
Date : 14th century

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1. right to vote; vote cast in favor of a specific candidate; short prayer or petition (Ecclesiastical). suffrage\suf"frage\ , n. [f., fr. l. suffragium; perhaps originally, a broken piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and fr. sub under + the root of frangere to break. see: break.].
2. 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. i ask your voices and your suffrages.
3. testimony; attestation; witness; approval. lactantius and st. austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers. every miracle is the suffrage of heaven to the truth of a doctrine.
4. (eccl.) (a) a short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong. (b) a prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed. i firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful. reed of pope pius iv.
5. aid; assistance. [a latinism] [obs.]suffrage \suf"frage\, v. t. to vote for; to elect. [obs.]suffrage a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the us constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; "american women got the vote in 1920" [syn: right to vote , vote].
6. 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.
7. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
8. A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
9. A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful departed.
10. Aid; assistance.
11. To vote for; to elect.
12. Suffrage is the right of people to vote for a government or national leader. the women's suffrage movement. the right to vote in national elections (suffragium ).