Advocatrix

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female advocate, especially as a title of Mary, mother of Jesus. no-plural

Etymology

From Latin advocātrīx, from advocāre (“advocate”) + -trīx (“-ess”, forming feminine agent nouns), from ad- (“to, toward, on behalf of”) + vocāre (“speak”). By surface analysis, advocate + -trix.

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