Promotrix

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female promoter. archaic

    "In 1913 Louise van Eeghen was one of the vice-presidents of the Exhibition "Woman 1815-1915" and from then on an ardent promotrix of woman's suffrage in the Netherlands."

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promotress

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"In 1913 Louise van Eeghen was one of the vice-presidents of the Exhibition "Woman 1815-1915" and from then on an ardent promotrix of woman's suffrage in the Netherlands."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin prōmōtrīx. By surface analysis, promote + -trix.

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