promotrix

noun

promotrix

noun

Etymology Learned borrowing from Latin prōmōtrīx. By surface analysis, promote + -trix.

1

Archaic A female promoter.

  • In 1913 Louise van Eeghen was one of the vice-presidents of the Exhibition "Woman 1815-1915" and from then on an ardent promotrix of woman's suffrage in the Netherlands.1950, International Council of Women, Bulletin, volumes 28-32, page 21:
Synonyms
promotress

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