advocatrice

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈædvəkətɹɪs/

Noun

advocatrice (plural advocatrices)

(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 , →OCLC:
  The emperour reioysed to him selfe, that Cinna had founde such an advocatrice.

Synonyms

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)

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

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