advocatrice

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈædvəkətɹɪs/

Noun

advocatrice (plural advocatrices)

1. (archaic) A female advocate.
   • 1531, Thomas Elyot, edited by Ernest Rhys, The Boke Named the Governour […] (Everyman’s Library), London: J[oseph] M[alaby] Dent & Co; New York, N.Y.: E[dward] P[ayson] Dutton & Co, published [1907], →OCLC:

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

Synonyms

• advocatress
• advocatrix

References

• “advocatrice”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Middle English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adˌvɔ.kaˈtriː.s(ə)/, /adˈvɔ.ka.tri.s(ə)/

Noun

advocatrice (plural advocatrices)

1. A female advocate.
   • a. 1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, Orisoune to the Holy Virgin:

     Swich an advocatrice who can dyvyne [...] our greeves to redress.

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Descendants

• English: advocatress