advocatrice
English
Etymology
From Middle French advocatrice, from Old French advocatrice, from Medieval Latin advocatrix.
Noun
advocatrice (plural advocatrices)
- (archaic) A female advocate.
- Chaucer
- Swich an advocatrice who can dyvyne [...] our greeves to redress.
- Sir T. Elyot
- The emperour reioysed to him selfe, that Cinna had founde such an advocatrice.
- Chaucer
Synonyms
- advocatress
- advocatrix
References
- advocatrice in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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