noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A female advocate. archaic

   "The emperour reioysed to him selfe, that Cinna had founde such an advocatrice."

Synonyms

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advocatessadvocatressadvocatressadvocatrixadvocatrix

Example

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"The emperour reioysed to him selfe, that Cinna had founde such an advocatrice."

Etymology

From Middle French advocatrice, from Old French advocatrice, from Medieval Latin advocatrix.

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