manhood suffrage

English

Noun

manhood suffrage (uncountable)

1. (politics, now chiefly historical) The right of all male citizens of sufficient age to vote in popular elections. [from 19th c.]
   • 2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, published 2017, page 317:

     [T]he old demands of manhood suffrage and annual parliaments were made, but the principal cry was for ‘Bread! Bread!’