1. a legal right guaranteed by the 15th amendment to the US Constitution; guaranteed to women by the 19th amendment; - Example: "American women got the vote in 1920" [syn: right to vote, vote, suffrage]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
right to vote
n 1: 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, suffrage]