Advocatrice

Part of speech: noun

Pronunciation: /ˈædvəkətɹɪs/

Definitions

1. A woman who takes on the role of supporting or defending a cause or individual is known as a female advocate
2. It describes a woman who promotes a particular issue or defends the rights and interests of others
3. A female individual who actively supports, defends, or promotes causes, often working on behalf of others, is referred to as an advocate

Etymology: "Advocatrice" is the feminine form of "advocate," built on the Latin "advocare," meaning "to call to one's aid." The Latin root joins "ad," "to," with "vocare," "to call," so an advocate was originally someone summoned to stand beside a person in a legal dispute. Medieval Latin formed "advocatrix" for a woman who did this, and the word passed into Old French as "advocatrice" and then into Middle French. English took the word from Middle French, so it arrived as a borrowed feminine noun rather than something built from English parts. Its sense is simple: a woman who speaks up for a cause or a person, which keeps the original idea of being called in to help. The main word in this family, "advocate," entered English earlier, while "advocatrice" remains the less common feminine form.