promotrix

English

Etymology

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

Noun

promotrix

  1. (archaic) A female promoter.
    • 1950, International Council of Women, Bulletin, volumes 28-32, page 21:
      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.
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