Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Suffrage \Suf"frage\, n. [F., fr. L. suffragium; perhaps
   originally, a broken piece, a potsherd, used in voting, and
   fr. sub under + the root of frangere to break. See {Break}.]
   1. A vote given in deciding a controverted question, or in
      the choice of a man for an office or trust; the formal
      expression of an opinion; assent; vote.

            I ask your voices and your suffrages. --Shak.

   2. Testimony; attestation; witness; approval.

            Lactantius and St. Austin confirm by their suffrage
            the observation made by heathen writers.
                                                  --Atterbury.

            Every miracle is the suffrage of Heaven to the truth
            of a doctrine.                        --South.

   3. (Eccl.)
      (a) A short petition, as those after the creed in matins
          and evensong.
      (b) A prayer in general, as one offered for the faithful
          departed. --Shipley.

                I firmly believe that there is a purgatory, and
                that the souls therein detained are helped by
                the suffrages of the faithful.    --Creed of
                                                  Pope Pius IV.

   4. Aid; assistance. [A Latinism] [Obs.]

Suffrage \Suf"frage\, v. t.
   To vote for; to elect. [Obs.] --Milton.

Source : WordNet®

suffrage
     n : a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US
         constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment;
         "American women got the vote in 1920" [syn: {right to
         vote}, {vote}]