Word of the Day
Tuesday, November 06, 2012franchise
\ FRAN-chahyz \, noun;
1.
The right to vote.
2.
A privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual,group, or company by a
government.
One factor in the early mobilisation of feminism was the 1832 Reform Act, through
which women's exclusion from the franchise was formalised
-- Angélique Richardson, Chris Willis, The new woman in fiction and in fact:
fin-de-siècle feminisms
The national referendum of 1963 reflected general support for the six-point reform
program, which included land reform and the franchise for women.
-- Robin Morgan, Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology
Franchise derives from the Old French word for "freedom," which shares a root with
the English frank.
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