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soˈlicitrix
Also sollicitrix.
[f. solicitor, after forms in -trix.]
1. = solicitress 2. rare.
1611Cotgr., Maquerelle, a (woman) bawd; the solicitrix of lecherie. 1961L. P. Hartley Two for River 48 When accosted I had not, as some men have, a polite formula of refusal ready: I swerved or..walked straight on. But one evening I couldn't, for my solicitrix..planted herself in front of me and blocked my way.
2. A female solicitor; = solicitress 1. ? Obs.
1637Nabbes Microcosm. v, Bless me! who's this? one of the devil's she-lawyers?.. Pray how long have you been a solicitrix? 1658in Verney Mem. (1907) II. 77 You have a sollicitrix here,..which is my wife. 1700T. Brown tr. Fresny's Amusem. 46 The first Motion he found in himself, was for the Charming Sollicitrix. 1747Mem. Nutrebian Crt. I. 82 The bishop began with saying what an importunate sollicitrix the dutchess had been. |