manhood suffrage

noun

The right of all male citizens of sufficient age to vote in popular elections.

First used 19th c.
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nounmanhood suffrage (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountablegovernmentThe right of all male citizens of sufficient age to vote in popular elections.First known use 19th c.

    [T]he old demands of manhood suffrage and annual parliaments were made, but the principal cry was for ‘Bread! Bread!’

    2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, published 2017, page 317
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