Lucy Stoner

noun

Lucy Sto·​ner

-stōnə(r)

plural Lucy Stoners

: a female advocate of women's rights

especially : a married woman who uses her maiden name as a surname

the Lucy Stoners and women's rights fighters of her own class at college

—Mary McCarthy

Word History

Etymology

Lucy Stone †1893 American woman suffragist + English -er

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