suffragist Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an advocate of the extension of voting rights (especially to women)

WordNet

Suf"fra*gist noun
Definitions
  1. One who possesses or exercises the political right of suffrage; a voter.
  2. One who has certain opinions or desires about the political right of suffrage; as, a woman suffragist. if female, usu. suffragette.
    It is curious that . . . Louisa Castelefort should be obliged after her marriage immediately to open her doors and turn ultra liberal, or an universal suffragist. Miss Edgeworth.

Webster 1913