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advocatess

advocatess noun: a female advocate.

Noun

advocatess (plural advocatesses)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A female advocate.
    • Therefore God hath provided us of an advocatess, who is gentle and sweet, in whom nothing that is sharp, is to be found.1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery

Synonyms of advocatess

Forms of advocatess

pluraladvocatesses

Origin of advocatess

From advocate + -ess.

Questions about advocatess

What does advocatess mean?
Advocatess means a female advocate.
What part of speech is advocatess?
Advocatess is a noun.
What is the plural of advocatess?
The plural of advocatess is advocatesses.

Words near advocatess in the dictionary

  1. advocater
  2. advocaters
  3. advocates
  4. advocateship
  5. advocateships
  6. advocatess
  7. advocatesses
  8. advocateth
  9. advocati
  10. advocating
  11. advocation

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