Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Disfranchise \Dis*fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Disfranchised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Disfranchising}.] [Cf.
{Diffranchise}.]
To deprive of a franchise or chartered right; to dispossess
of the rights of a citizen, or of a particular privilege, as
of voting, holding office, etc.
Sir William Fitzwilliam was disfranchised. --Fabyan
(1509).
He was partially disfranchised so as to be made
incapable of taking part in public affairs.
--Thirlwall.
Source : WordNet®
disfranchised
adj : deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right
to vote [syn: {disenfranchised}, {voteless}] [ant: {enfranchised}]