suffrage (usually uncountable, plural suffrages)
(uncountable) The right or chance to vote, express an opinion, or participate in a decision.
(US) The right of women to vote.
The right to vote for elected officials in a representative democracy.
(countable) A vote in deciding a particular question.
(countable, Christianity) A prayer, for example a prayer offered for the faithful dead.
• Creed of Pope Pius IV
(countable, Christianity) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins and evensong.
(uncountable) Aid, intercession.
Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.
• (right to vote): franchise
• gauffers, gauffres, ruffages
Source: Wiktionary
Suf"frage, n. Etym: [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.]
1. 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. Shak.
2. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval. Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage the observation made by heathen writers. Atterbury. Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth of a doctrine. South.
3. (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. Shipley. I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and that the souls therein detained are helped by the suffrages of the faithful. Creed of Pope Pius IV.
4. Aid; assistance. [A Latinism] [Obs.]
Definition: The right to vote; franchise.
Suf"frage, v. t.
Definition: To vote for; to elect. [Obs.] Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 April 2025
(adjective) (used of eyes) lacking liveliness; “empty eyes”; “a glassy stare”; “his eyes were glazed over with boredom”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
