Obs. [f. advocātōr + -ESS; prob. refashioned from the earlier ADVOCATRICE.] A female advocate.
1641. Warmstry, Blind Guide, 47. The Scripture … speaketh nothing of … any Advocatresse or Mediatrix towards God.
1647. Jer. Taylor, Diss. fr. Pop., I. § 8. God has provided us of an advocatress [v.r. advocatess], who is gentle and sweet.
