advocatess

English

Etymology

advocate +‎ -ess

Noun

advocatess (plural advocatesses)

1. (rare, obsolete) A female advocate.

   Synonyms: advocatress, advocatrice, advocatrix

   • 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery

     Therefore God hath provided us of an advocatess, who is gentle and sweet, in whom nothing that is sharp, is to be found.