Meanings
verbdisfranchise (third-person singular simple present disfranchises, present participle disfranchising, simple past and past participle disfranchised)
present singular third person disfranchises · participle present disfranchising · participle past disfranchised · past disfranchised
- transitiveTo deprive someone of some privilege, especially the right to vote; to disenfranchise.
Jewish culture, the product of a small, oppressed, and disfranchised dwindling and scattered minority.
1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 175
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
- Proto-Italic*dis-
- Latindis-
- Old Frenchdes-
- Latindis-
- Middle Englishdis-
- Englishdis-
- Englishfranchise
- Englishdisfranchise
Cite this entry
APA
disfranchise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disfranchise
MLA
“disfranchise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disfranchise. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disfranchise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disfranchise.
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