enfranchised

4 definitions found

enfranchised - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Enfranchise \En*fran"chise\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enfranchised;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Enfranchising.] [Pref. en- + franchise: cf.
     F. enfranchir.]
     1. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any
        binding power. --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body
        politic and thus to invest with civil and political
        privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman; to
        give the right to vote.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise
        foreign words. --I. Watts.
        [1913 Webster]

  enfranchised \enfranchised\ adj.
     endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right
     to vote. disenfranchised
     [WordNet 1.5]

enfranchised - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  enfranchised
      adj 1: endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the
             right to vote [ant: disenfranchised, disfranchised,
             voiceless, voteless]

enfranchised - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "enfranchised":
     acceptable, admissible, authorized, chartered, desirable, eligible,
     empowered, entitled, fit, fitted, franchised, licensed, patented,
     privileged, qualified, sanctioned, suitable, warranted, with voice,
     with vote, worthy