enfranchised
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en·fran·chise
(ĕn-frăn′chīz′)tr.v. en·fran·chised, en·fran·chis·ing, en·fran·chis·es
1. To endow with the rights of citizenship, especially the right to vote.
2. To free, as from bondage.
3. To bestow a franchise on.
[Middle English enfraunchisen, from Old French enfranchir, enfranchiss-, to set free : en-, intensive pref.; see en-1 + franchir (from franc, free; see frank1).]
en·fran′chise′ment n.
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Adj. | 1. | enfranchised - endowed with the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote disenfranchised, disfranchised, voteless, voiceless - deprived of the rights of citizenship especially the right to vote; "labor was voiceless"; "disenfrenchised masses took to the streets" |
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