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What is the noun for suffrages?

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suffrage
  1. (uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision.
  2. (countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
  3. The right to vote for elected officials in a representative democracy.
  4. (US) The right of women to vote.
  5. (countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
  6. (countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
  7. (uncountable) Aid, intercession.
  8. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
  9. Synonyms:
  10. Examples:
    1. “There has never been a time since universal suffrage when establishment politics has been so cut off.”
      “Although women could work in slums or in the back country of foreign lands, national suffrage would surely permanently soil them.”
      “In 1944, with the granting of a new constitution, Jamaicans gained universal suffrage.”
sufferage
  1. Alternative spelling of suffrage
  2. Examples:
    1. “Her mother and Caroline, the woman Vesey was staying with were very good friends as they were jailed together when they were young in a fight for woman's sufferage.”
suffragist
  1. A person who promotes suffrage.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Maud Reeves was very involved in the Fabian Society and was an active suffragist and sociologist.”
      “Frequently I heard her referred to as a 'red-ragger', because of her suffragist activities.”
      “A militant suffragist, she energized the movement through her hunger strikes and her fiery rhetoric.”
suffragists
  1. plural of suffragist
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Our struggle, like those of suffragists, abolitionists, and human rights activists will continue until we obtain our goal.”
      “Republicans led the fight for women's rights, and most suffragists were Republicans.”
      “There were suffragists and socialists, a trade union organizer, and a London city councillor in her heritage.”
sufferages
  1. plural of sufferage
suffrages
  1. plural of suffrage
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “They are chosen by the people, by secret suffrages, and they are discouraged from speaking with anyone in private.”
      “In their funerals and suffrages for the dead, they make great difference between the rich and the poor.”
      “These suffrages are said by way of anticipation or preparation for the collects or prayers that follow them.”
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