Provocatrix

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A female provocator.

    "Rounding out the primary characters is professional provocatrix Sarah Silverman, who voices Vanellope von Schweetz[…]."

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"Rounding out the primary characters is professional provocatrix Sarah Silverman, who voices Vanellope von Schweetz[…]."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin prōvocātrīx. By surface analysis, provocator + -trix.

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