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.
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