advocatrix
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin advocātrīx, from advocāre (“advocate”) + -trīx (“-ess”, forming feminine agent nouns), from ad- (“to, toward, on behalf of”) + vocāre (“speak”).
Noun
editadvocatrix (plural not attested)
- (chiefly Roman Catholicism) A female advocate, especially as a title of Mary, mother of Jesus.
- Synonyms: advocatess, advocatress, advocatrice